<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Domes, Gregor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heinrichs, Markus</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michel, Andre</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berger, Christoph</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herpertz, Sabine C</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oxytocin improves &quot;mind-reading&quot; in humans.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biol Psychiatry</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biol. Psychiatry</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Administration, Intranasal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Awareness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cues</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Double-Blind Method</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Empathy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Facial Expression</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interpersonal Relations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nonverbal Communication</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oxytocin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reference Values</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Social Perception</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Telepathy</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007 Mar 15</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">61</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">731-3</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;BACKGROUND: The ability to &amp;quot;read the mind&amp;quot; of other individuals, that is, to infer their mental state by interpreting subtle social cues, is indispensable in human social interaction. The neuropeptide oxytocin plays a central role in social approach behavior in nonhuman mammals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;METHODS: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject design, 30 healthy male volunteers were tested for their ability to infer the affective mental state of others using the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) after intranasal administration of 24 IU oxytocin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RESULTS: Oxytocin improved performance on the RMET compared with placebo. This effect was pronounced for difficult compared with easy items.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that oxytocin improves the ability to infer the mental state of others from social cues of the eye region. Oxytocin might play a role in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder, which is characterized by severe social impairment.&lt;/p&gt;
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