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Oxytocin and parent-child interaction in the development of empathy among children at risk for autism.
Developmental psychology - 1 May 2016
McDonald Nicole M, Baker Jason K, Messinger Daniel S
Abstract excerpt
This longitudinal study investigated whether variation in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and early parent-child interactions predicted later empathic behavior in 84 toddlers at high or low familial risk for autism spectrum disorder. Two well-studied OXTR single-nucleotide polymorphisms, rs53576 and rs2254298, were examined. Parent-child interaction was measured at 15 and 18 months of age during free play...
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