Using 'hug drugs' to understand affiliative behavior: the value of the social neurochemistry perspective. Commentary on: 'Ecstasy' as a social drug: MDMA preferentially affects responses to emotional stimuli with social content by Wardle, Kirkpatrick, and de Wit (2014).

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Published in Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci on May 01, 2014

Authors

Ian D Roberts1, Baldwin M Way2

Author Affiliations

1: The Department of Psychology and The Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
2: The Department of Psychology and The Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Way.37@osu.edu.

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