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Oxytocin increases gaze to the eye region of human facesAdam J Guastella
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 63:3-5. 2008..In humans, oxytocin has been found to enhance trust and the ability to interpret the emotions of others. It has been suggested that oxytocin may enhance facial processing by increasing focus on the eye region of human faces...
A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin as an adjunct to exposure therapy for social anxiety disorderAdam J Guastella
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:917-23. 2009....- A randomized controlled trial of the effect of D-cycloserine on exposure therapy for spider fearAdam J Guastella
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
J Psychiatr Res 41:466-71. 2007..DCS did not enhance the reduction of spider fears or the generalisation of treatment of a single session of exposure-based therapy. These results suggest that DCS may not enhance loss of non-clinical levels of fear in human populations... - A randomized controlled trial of the effect of D-cycloserine on extinction and fear conditioning in humansAdam J Guastella
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Behav Res Ther 45:663-72. 2007..Further experimental research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of DCS... - A randomized controlled trial of D-cycloserine enhancement of exposure therapy for social anxiety disorderAdam J Guastella
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 63:544-9. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine whether 50 mg of DCS enhances ET for social anxiety disorder (SAD) according to a comprehensive set of symptom and life impairment measures... - Does oxytocin influence the early detection of angry and happy faces?Adam J Guastella
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:220-5. 2009..Oxytocin may have greater influence in altering the cognitive processing of social valence at more conceptual and elaborate levels of processing... - Biased attentional processing of positive stimuli in social anxiety disorder: an eye movement studyNigel T M Chen
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Cogn Behav Ther 41:96-107. 2012..No differential pattern of engagement was evident between groups. We conclude that social anxiety is maintained in part by the aberrant processing of positive social stimuli... - Reduced eye gaze explains "fear blindness" in childhood psychopathic traitsMark R Dadds
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:455-63. 2008..This study tested whether psychopathic traits are associated with reduced attention to the eye region of other people's faces... - Arginine Vasopressin selectively enhances recognition of sexual cues in male humansAdam J Guastella
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Psychoneuroendocrinology 36:294-7. 2011..They further extend animal and human genetic studies linking Arginine Vasopressin to sexual behavior in males. Findings suggest an important cognitive mechanism that could enhance sexual behaviors in humans... - Clinical staging model applied to young people presenting with social anxietyPatrick J F Clarke
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Early Interv Psychiatry 6:256-64. 2012..The goal was to provide a detailed description of common clinical stage of those presenting for treatment of social anxiety, and to delineate the associations between symptom type, severity and clinical stage... - Cognitive-behavioural emotion writing tasks: a controlled trial of multiple processesAdam J Guastella
University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, Sydney 2052 NSW, Australia
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:558-66. 2008..Results suggest the use of these paradigms to study emotion-processing mechanisms and, potentially, in practice to enhance coping in process-specific ways... - Oxytocin enhances the encoding of positive social memories in humansAdam J Guastella
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 64:256-8. 2008..In nonhuman mammals, oxytocin has a critical role in social recognition and the development of long-term bonds. There has been limited research evaluating effects of oxytocin on the encoding and recognition of faces in humans... - Intranasal arginine vasopressin enhances the encoding of happy and angry faces in humansAdam J Guastella
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 67:1220-2. 2010..There has been little research in humans exploring its effect on social cognition, including the encoding of social memories... - Intranasal oxytocin improves emotion recognition for youth with autism spectrum disordersAdam J Guastella
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 67:692-4. 2010..Deficits in the ability to recognize the emotions of others are believed to contribute to this. There is currently no effective treatment for these problems... - Prepared for the best: readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapyPatrick J F Clarke
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Emotion 12:487-94. 2012.... - Heart rate variability is associated with emotion recognition: direct evidence for a relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social cognitionDaniel S Quintana
SCAN Research and Teaching Unit, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Psychophysiol 86:168-72. 2012..Our data suggests that increased HRV may provide a novel marker of one's ability to recognize emotions in humans. Implications for understanding the biological basis of emotion recognition, and social impairment in humans are discussed... - Oxytocin as a moderator of hypnotizabilityRichard A Bryant
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
Psychoneuroendocrinology 37:162-6. 2012..This is the first demonstration of a neurochemical basis for hypnotic responding, and points to a potential neural mechanism to explain hypnotizability... - Effects of oxytocin on human social approach measured using intimacy equilibriumsJean C J Liu
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Horm Behav 62:585-91. 2012..Based on this notion, our results suggest that oxytocin does not facilitate social approach by increasing the intimacy equilibrium between two strangers... 
Oxytocin increases heart rate variability in humans at rest: implications for social approach-related motivation and capacity for social engagementAndrew H Kemp
School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e44014. 2012..Furthermore, no studies have examined the impact of OT on HRV under resting conditions, which provides an index of maximal capacity for social engagement...- Targeted primary care-based mental health services for young AustraliansElizabeth M Scott
Clinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 196:136-40. 2012....