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From Trust to Territory: Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Translational Neuroscience

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The article “The Challenge of Translation in Social Neuroscience: A Review of Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Affiliative Behavior,” published in 2011 in the journal Neuron, explores the roles of the neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin in modulating social behaviors and their implications for translational research. This review highlights the complexities and challenges in translating findings from animal …

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Untangling Double Binds in Communication

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A double bind is a paradoxical situation that arises within the context of interpersonal communication. This double bind situation involves one of the individuals receiving conflicting messages on different levels of communication. Moreover, regardless of the individual's response to the message, the result is some form of punishment. In their paper "Toward a Theory of …

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