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February 18, 2010

Oxytocin versus autism: A cure for altruism

Filed under: Psychology Articles — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 12:00 am
The widespread message arising from Andari et al. (in press) is that the hormone oxytocin "may be a powerful weapon in fighting autism" or words to that effect. The heart of this study is a computer game version of catch which appears to involve four human players. When a player is thrown the ball, he must then throw it to another player of his choice. Every time a player receives the ball, he re

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