Evolutionary and neuroendocrine foundations of human aggression

Reactive vs proactive aggression: A differential psychobiological profile? Conclusions derived from a systematic review

(2022) Ángel Romero-Martínez et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Oxytocin has ‘tend-and-defend’ functionality in group conflict across social vertebrates

(2022) Zegni Triki et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Oxytocin and the Punitive Hub—Dynamic Spread of Cooperation in Human Social Networks

(2022) Shiyi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Characterization of Pan social systems reveals in-group/out-group distinction and out-group tolerance in bonobos

(2022) Liran Samuni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vocal signals facilitate cooperative hunting in wild chimpanzees

(2022) Joseph G. Mine et al.   Science Advances

Group-level cooperation in chimpanzees is shaped by strong social ties

(2021) Liran Samuni et al.   Nature Communications

An Exploratory Analysis of Testosterone, Cortisol, and Aggressive Behavior Type in Men and Women

(2021) Todd Armstrong et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Distribution of brain oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): comparison with humans and other primate species

(2021) Christina N. Rogers Flattery et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Intranasal oxytocin drives coordinated social approach

(2021) Patrick K. Monari et al.   Scientific Reports

The Modulatory Role of Serotonin on Human Impulsive Aggression

(2021) Sofi da Cunha-Bang et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The benefits of being seen to help others: indirect reciprocity and reputation-based partner choice

(2021) Gilbert Roberts et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Testosterone fluctuations in response to a democratic election predict partisan attitudes toward the elected leader

(2021) Smrithi Prasad et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Intranasal oxytocin, testosterone reactivity, and human competitiveness

(2021) Boaz R. Cherki et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Dopamine promotes aggression in mice via ventral tegmental area to lateral septum projections

(2021) Darshini Mahadevia et al.   Nature Communications

Beyond the challenge hypothesis: The emergence of the dual-hormone hypothesis and recommendations for future research

(2020) Erik L. Knight et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

A neurobiological association of revenge propensity during intergroup conflict

(2020) Xiaochun Han et al.   eLife

The role of the microbiome in the neurobiology of social behaviour

(2020) Amar Sarkar et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A registered replication study on oxytocin and trust

(2020) Carolyn H. Declerck et al.   Nature Human Behaviour

The Origins and Psychology of Human Cooperation

(2020) Joseph Henrich et al.   Annual Review of Psychology

Neural mechanisms of aggression across species

(2020) Julieta E. Lischinsky et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Group Cooperation, Carrying-Capacity Stress, and Intergroup Conflict

(2020) Carsten K.W. De Dreu et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Nucleus accumbens Drd1-expressing neurons control aggression self-administration and aggression seeking in mice

(2019) Sam A. Golden et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Intra-community infanticide in wild, eastern chimpanzees: a 24-year review

(2019) Adriana E. Lowe et al.   PRIMATES

Who rises to the challenge? Testing the Challenge Hypothesis in fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals

(2019) Ignacio T. Moore et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Vasopressin enhances human preemptive strike in both males and females

(2019) Atsushi Kawada et al.   Scientific Reports

Exogenous testosterone increases sensitivity to moral norms in moral dilemma judgements

(2019) Skylar M. Brannon et al.   Nature Human Behaviour

A striking example of developmental bias in an evolutionary process: The “domestication syndrome”

(2019) Adam S. Wilkins   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Intranasal administration of oxytocin decreases task-related aggressive responses in healthy young males

(2019) Youri R. Berends et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Intranasal oxytocin reduces reactive aggression in men but not in women: A computational approach

(2019) Ruida Zhu et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Is testosterone linked to human aggression? A meta-analytic examination of the relationship between baseline, dynamic, and manipulated testosterone on human aggression

(2019) S.N. Geniole et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

The History of Farm Foxes Undermines the Animal Domestication Syndrome

(2019) Kathryn A. Lord et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effects of testosterone administration on threat and escape anticipation in the orbitofrontal cortex

(2018) Sarah J. Heany et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Revisiting the Form and Function of Conflict: Neurobiological, Psychological and Cultural Mechanisms for Attack and Defense Within and Between Groups

(2018) Carsten K.W. De Dreu et al.   BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens

(2017) Jean-Jacques Hublin et al.   NATURE

The dopamine motive system: implications for drug and food addiction

(2017) Nora D. Volkow et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Biased Oxytocinergic Modulation of Midbrain Dopamine Systems

(2017) Lei Xiao et al.   NEURON

Two types of aggression in human evolution

(2017) Richard W. Wrangham   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Neurobiology of Human Attachments

(2017) Ruth Feldman   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Enhances Information Sharing and Group Decision Making Quality

(2017) Tim R. W. De Wilde et al.   Scientific Reports

Do friends help each other? Patterns of female coalition formation in wild bonobos at Wamba

(2016) Nahoko Tokuyama et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Oxytocin Conditions Intergroup Relations Through Upregulated In-Group Empathy, Cooperation, Conformity, and Defense

(2016) Carsten K.W. De Dreu et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

A meta-analytic review of the correlation between peripheral oxytocin and cortisol concentrations

(2016) Christopher A. Brown et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The phylogenetic roots of human lethal violence

(2016) José María Gómez et al.   NATURE

Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya

(2016) M. Mirazón Lahr et al.   NATURE

Vasopressin increases human risky cooperative behavior

(2016) Claudia Brunnlieb et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin reactivity during intergroup conflict in wild chimpanzees

(2016) Liran Samuni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Testosterone abolishes implicit subordination in social anxiety

(2016) David Terburg et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Oxytocin enhances inter-brain synchrony during social coordination in male adults

(2016) Yan Mu et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Endocrine Flexibility: Optimizing Phenotypes in a Dynamic World?

(2016) Conor C. Taff et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Neural mechanisms of predatory aggression in rats—Implications for abnormal intraspecific aggression

(2015) Aron Tulogdi et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Dissociable Effects of Serotonin and Dopamine on the Valuation of Harm in Moral Decision Making

(2015) Molly J. Crockett et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Endocrine mechanisms, behavioral phenotypes and plasticity: known relationships and open questions

(2015) Michaela Hau et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Cortisol and testosterone increase financial risk taking and may destabilize markets

(2015) Carlos Cueva et al.   Scientific Reports

Testosterone is associated with cooperation during intergroup competition by enhancing parochial altruism

(2015) Luise Reimers et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Testosterone biases the amygdala toward social threat approach

(2015) S. Radke et al.   Science Advances

Testosterone Rapidly Increases Neural Reactivity to Threat in Healthy Men: A Novel Two-Step Pharmacological Challenge Paradigm

(2014) Stefan M.M. Goetz et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Sexually Coercive Male Chimpanzees Sire More Offspring

(2014) Joseph T. Feldblum et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The "Domestication Syndrome" in Mammals: A Unified Explanation Based on Neural Crest Cell Behavior and Genetics

(2014) A. S. Wilkins et al.   GENETICS

Bullying Prevalence Across Contexts: A Meta-analysis Measuring Cyber and Traditional Bullying

(2014) Kathryn L. Modecki et al.   JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts

(2014) Michael L. Wilson et al.   NATURE

Oxytocin promotes group-serving dishonesty

(2014) S. Shalvi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cortisol shifts financial risk preferences

(2014) Narayanan Kandasamy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A meta-analytic review of the impact of intranasal oxytocin administration on cortisol concentrations during laboratory tasks: Moderation by method and mental health

(2014) Christopher Cardoso et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The evolution of infanticide by males in mammalian societies

(2014) D. Lukas et al.   SCIENCE

The role of cortisol and psychopathic traits in aggression among at-risk girls: Tests of mediating hypotheses

(2013) Laura Stoppelbein et al.   AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

Effects of Oxytocin on Women's Aggression Depend on State Anxiety

(2013) Anne Campbell et al.   AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

Intersexual dominance relationships and the influence of leverage on the outcome of conflicts in wild bonobos (Pan paniscus)

(2013) Martin Surbeck et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Cortico-Amygdala-Striatal Circuits Are Organized as Hierarchical Subsystems through the Primate Amygdala

(2013) Y. T. Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Maternal aggression in rodents: brain oxytocin and vasopressin mediate pup defence

(2013) O. J. Bosch   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

(2013) K. M. Devries et al.   SCIENCE

Human cooperation

(2013) David G. Rand et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Intermittent Explosive Disorder as a Disorder of Impulsive Aggression for DSM-5

(2012) Emil F. Coccaro   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Mate competition, testosterone and intersexual relationships in bonobos, Pan paniscus

(2012) Martin Surbeck et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The self-domestication hypothesis: evolution of bonobo psychology is due to selection against aggression

(2012) Brian Hare et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Fitness benefits of coalitionary aggression in male chimpanzees

(2012) Ian C. Gilby et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Punishment sustains large-scale cooperation in prestate warfare

(2011) S. Mathew et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism

(2011) C. K. W. De Dreu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Steroid/Peptide Theory of Social Bonds: Integrating testosterone and peptide responses for classifying social behavioral contexts

(2011) Sari M. van Anders et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

A sniff of trust: Meta-analysis of the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on face recognition, trust to in-group, and trust to out-group

(2011) Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Sexual coercion by male chimpanzees shows that female choice may be more apparent than real

(2010) Martin N. Muller et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Motivational and situational factors and the relationship between testosterone dynamics and human aggression during competition

(2010) Justin M. Carré et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Brain mechanisms involved in predatory aggression are activated in a laboratory model of violent intra-specific aggression

(2010) Aron Tulogdi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Negative association between plasma cortisol levels and aggression in a high-risk community sample of adolescents

(2010) Luise Poustka et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion

(2010) M. J. Crockett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Regulates Parochial Altruism in Intergroup Conflict Among Humans

(2010) C. K. W. De Dreu et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic and environmental stability differs in reactive and proactive aggression

(2009) Catherine Tuvblad et al.   AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

Male chimpanzees form enduring and equitable social bonds

(2009) John C. Mitani   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The Neuropsychopharmacology of Fronto-Executive Function: Monoaminergic Modulation

(2009) T.W. Robbins et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Social behavior in context: Hormonal modulation of behavioral plasticity and social competence

(2009) R. F. Oliveira   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Increased phasic dopamine signaling in the mesolimbic pathway during social defeat in rats

(2009) K.K. Anstrom et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Dominance, Politics, and Physiology: Voters' Testosterone Changes on the Night of the 2008 United States Presidential Election

(2009) Steven J. Stanton et al.   PLoS One

Cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin, life history of aggression, and personality disorder

(2009) Royce Lee et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Amygdala activity to fear and anger in healthy young males is associated with testosterone

(2009) Birgit Derntl et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Did Warfare Among Ancestral Hunter-Gatherers Affect the Evolution of Human Social Behaviors?

(2009) S. Bowles   SCIENCE

Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Hyperresponsiveness Is Associated with Increased Social Avoidance Behavior in Social Phobia

(2008) Karin Roelofs et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Self-reported trauma, cortisol levels, and aggression in psychopathic and non-psychopathic prison inmates

(2008) Maaike Cima et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

The cortico-basal ganglia integrative network: The role of the thalamus

(2008) Suzanne N. Haber et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

The social role of touch in humans and primates: Behavioural function and neurobiological mechanisms

(2008) R.I.M. Dunbar   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The rewarding effect of aggression is reduced by nucleus accumbens dopamine receptor antagonism in mice

(2008) Maria H. Couppis et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Serotonin Modulates Behavioral Reactions to Unfairness

(2008) M. J. Crockett et al.   SCIENCE

Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neurogenetics of Sociality

(2008) Z. R. Donaldson et al.   SCIENCE

Exogenous Testosterone Enhances Responsiveness to Social Threat in the Neural Circuitry of Social Aggression in Humans

(2007) Erno J. Hermans et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY