What is compassion? And how did it evolve? In this review, we integrate 3 evolutionary
arguments that converge on the hypothesis that compassion evolved as a distinct affective�…

Oxytocin (Oxt) is a nonapeptide hormone best known for its role in lactation and parturition.
Since 1906 when its uterine-contracting properties were described until 50 years later when�…

Contemporary animal welfare thinking is increasingly emphasising the promotion of positive
states. There is a need for existing assessment frameworks to accommodate this shift in�…

This review examines the hypothesis that oxytocin pathways—which include the
neuropeptide oxytocin, the related peptide vasopressin, and their receptors—are at the�…

The second edition will be an update and further elaboration of the literature related to
subjective well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction. It will have a new substantial section�…

If you change your brain, you can change your life. Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus,
Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else's�…

When Darwin proposed that females shape evolution by being choosy in their choice of
male suitors, his Victorian contemporaries were shocked that he accorded so much�…

The mesolimbic dopaminergic (ML-DA) system has been recognized for its central role in
motivated behaviors, various types of reward, and, more recently, in cognitive processes�…

The biological mechanisms underlying long-term partner bonds in humans are unclear. The
evolutionarily conserved neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is associated with the formation of�…

Attachment theory, developed by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby about seventy years
ago, has become one of the most influential and comprehensive contemporary psychology�…