Social brains on drugs: tools for neuromodulation in social neuroscience

Neuromodulators such as serotonin, oxytocin and testosterone play an important role in social behavior. Studies examining the effects of these neuromodulators and others on social cognition and behavior (and their neural underpinnings) are becoming increasingly common. Here, we provide an overview of methodological considerations for those wishing to evaluate or conduct empirical studies of neuromodulation in social neuroscience.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2013-07-24

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/scan/nst113PMID 23887816PMCID 3907934
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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