title: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on oxytocin.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, a study by Baumgartner et al. investigates the influence of oxytocin on trust behavior and its neural mechanisms. The authors report that, following breaches of trust, oxytocin facilitates prosocial behavior while modulating neural signals in the amygdala and caudate nucleus. The findings have implications for an array of mental disorders where social behavior is compromised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA. delgado@psychology.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Mauricio R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Delgado
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D035502:Trust
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin