The peptide that binds: a systematic review of oxytocin and its prosocial effects in humans.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Harvard Review of Psychiatry

• Publication date

  2010-01-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.3109/10673220903523615PMID 20047458
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