Xiaole Ma

Intrinsic, dynamic and effective connectivity among large-scale brain networks modulated by oxytocin

This study investigates how oxytocin modulates effective and dynamic connectivity in brain networks related to social-emotional behavior using resting-state fMRI data from 200 healthy subjects.

Common and dissociable contributions of alexithymia and autism to domain-specific interoceptive dysregulations - a dimensional neuroimaging approach

This study investigates how alexithymia and autism traits independently and interactively influence interoceptive dysregulations in pain empathy using a dimensional neuroimaging approach in healthy subjects.

Can pharmacological enhancement of the placebo effect be a novel therapy for working memory impairments?

This study shows that combining intranasal oxytocin with expectancy effects can enhance or impair working memory performance, suggesting a new therapeutic approach for cognitive impairments.

Oxytocin modulates the intrinsic dynamics between attention-related large scale networks

This study investigates how oxytocin modulates intrinsic functional dynamics between attention-related large-scale brain networks in humans.

Oxytocin facilitates empathic- and self-embarrassment ratings by attenuating amygdala and anterior insula responses

This study shows oxytocin increases empathy and self-embarrassment ratings while reducing amygdala and insula activity and physiological arousal in response to embarrassment.

Sex- and Context-dependent Effects of Oxytocin on Social Reward Processing

This study shows that oxytocin increases social reward in women but not men during sharing with friends, linked to reduced amygdala and insula activity and functional connectivity in women with higher attachment anxiety.

Oxytocin enhancement of emotional empathy: generalization across cultures and effects on amygdala activity

This study shows oxytocin enhances emotional empathy across cultures and sexes, reduces amygdala activity, and modulates amygdala connectivity with the insula, particularly in individuals with trait autism.