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SUBMITTER: Sun R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103769 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heliyon 20200326 3
Studies have linked oxytocin to emotional theory of mind (eToM) - the ability to recognise and understand others' emotions. However, multiple replications have so far failed to reach a consistent result. Growing evidence suggests that oxytocin's positive effects on social-emotional tasks such as eToM are highly dependent on trait-level individual differences. In the present study, we theorised that socioeconomic status (SES) could influence oxytocin's impact on emotional mentalising processes. W ...[more]