'Love Hormone' Oxytocin May Help Some With Autism – WebMD: Known as the "love hormone," oxytocin has been shown to play a role in emotional bonding between lovers, and between mothers and their children.
In this study, it boosted underperforming neural activity in a key area of the brain that has long been associated with the processing of both empathy and emotion recognition.
The finding has only been observed among male autism patients who are relatively "high-functioning," meaning that they possess verbal communication skills that exceed those of people with more severe autism.
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