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2025

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Makhanova, A., McNulty, J. K., Eckel, L. A., Nikonova, L., Bartz, J. A., Bloshinsky, A. S., & Hammock, E. A. (2025). AVPR1A RS3 and relationship maintenance in newlywed couples. Frontiers in Psychology.

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Zikic, A., H. Khullar, T.H., Nitschke, J.P., Santucci, K., Macdonald, E., Bartz, J. A., Human, L., Dirks, M. (2025) Examining empathic accuracy in a standardized task and in a naturalistic interaction: Associations, differences, and links with empathy. Personality and Individual Differences.

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Bartz, J. A., Klein, W., & Gregory, A. J. P. (under review, Social Psychological and Personality Science). Effects of oxytocin on agency and sense of self in anxiously attached individuals, A replication and extension. 

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Klein, W., Wood., S., & Bartz, J. A. (under review, Nature Human Behavior). A social-learning framework for studying the phenomena of gaslighting. 

 

Klein, W., Gregory, A. J. P., Krol, S. & Bartz, J. A. (in revision). Self-concept clarity and interoceptive updating in the rubber hand illusion: A double replication study.  

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2024​​​​

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Procyshyn, T., Dupertuys, J. & Bartz, J. A. (2024). Evidence of oxytocin’s sex specific effects on human social behaviour and cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

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Tchalova, K., Lydon, J. E., Atkinson, L., Fleming, A. S., Kennedy, J., Lecompte, V., Meaney, M. J., Moss, E., O’Donnell, K. A., O’Donnell, K. J., Sokolowski, M. B., Steiner, M., & Bartz, J. A. (2024). Variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) moderates the influence of maternal sensitivity on child attachment. Translational Psychiatry.

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Procyshyn, T., Bédard, L., Crespi, B. J. & Bartz, J. A. (2024). CD38 genetic variation is associated with increased personal distress to an emotional stimulus. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2571.

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2023

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Gregory, A. J. P., Dirks, M., Nitschke, J. P., Wong, J., Human, L. J. & Bartz, J. A. (2023). Association between depression symptoms and emotion communication dynamics. Clinical Psychological Science, 0(0).

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Gregory, A. J. P., Bartz, J. A., Gasser, B., & Sheldon, S. (2023). From memory to motivation: Probing the relationship between episodic simulation, empathy and helping intentions. Emotion.

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Tchalova, K., Beland, S., Chanda, M., Levitin, D. J., & Bartz, J. A. (2023). Shifting the sociometer: Opioid receptor blockade lowers self-esteem. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 18(1), nsad01.

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Ravary, A., Bartz, J. A., & Baldwin, M. (2023). Variability across time in implicit weight-related bias: Random noise or meaningful fluctuations? Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 125(5), 991-1017.

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Nitschke, J. P. & Bartz, J. A. (2023). The association between acute stress & empathy: A systematic literature review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,105003.

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Klein, W. B., Wood, S., & Bartz, J. A. (submitted). You Think I’m Insane: An Integrative Review and Novel Theoretical Framework for Studying the Phenomenon of Gaslighting. Preprint.

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2022

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Conway, L. G., Woodard, S. R., Zubrod, A., Tiburcio, M., Martínez-Vélez, N. A., Sorgente, A., ... Tchalova, K., Gregory, A. J. P., Azrieli, T., Bartz,  J. A., … & Balmores-Paulino, R. (2022). How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts.  Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 937211.

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Nitschke, J. P., Pruessner, J. C., & Bartz, J. A. (2022). Stress and stress-induced glucocorticoids facilitate empathic accuracy in men, with no effects for women. Psychological Science, 33(10), 1783-1794.

 

2021

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Bogdanov, M., Nitschke, J.P., LoParco, M., Bartz, J.A., & Otto, A.R. (2021). Acute psychosocial stress increases cognitive effort avoidance. Psychological Science, 32, 1463-75.

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Makhanova, A., McNulty, J.K., Eckel, L.A., Nikonova L., Bartz, J.A., Hammock E.A. (2021). CD38 is associated with bonding-relevant cognitions and relationship satisfaction over the first 3 years of marriage. Scientific Reports 11, (article no. 2965).

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Tchalova, K., Sadikaj, G., Moskowitz, D., Zuroff, D., & Bartz, J. A. (2021). Variation in the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) and experiences of felt security in response to a romantic partner’s quarrelsome behavior. Molecular Psychiatry, 26, 3847-3857.

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Krol, S. A. & Bartz, J. A. (2021). The self and empathy: Lacking a clear and stable sense of self undermines empathy and helping behavior. Emotion.

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Bartz, J. A. & Tchalova, K. (2021, Invited). Probing the opioidergic basis of attachment (in)security. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6, 256-8.

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2020

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Sadikaj, G., Moskowitz, D.S., Zuroff, D.C, Bartz, J.A. (2020). CD38 is associated with communal behavior, partner perceptions, felt security and relationship adjustment in romantic relationships. Scientific Reports, 20, (article no. 12926).

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Nitschke, J.P., Sunahara, C.S., Carr, E. W., Winkielman, P., Pruessner, J.C., & Bartz, J.A. (2020). Glucocorticoid levels following acute psychosocial stress disrupt affiliative mimicry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Biology, 287: 20192941.

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Nitschke, J. P., & Bartz, J. A. (2020). Lower digit ratio and higher endogenous testosterone are associated with lower empathic accuracy. Hormones & Behavior, 119:104648.

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2019

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Bartz, J. A. (2019). Oxytocin, social effects in humans. In M. Gellman (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, 2nd ed. Springer Nature Publisher. 

 

Krol, S. A., Thériault, R., Olsen, J. A., Raz, A., & Bartz, J. A. (2019). Self-concept clarity and the bodily self: Malleability across modalities. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 808-820.

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Bartz, J. A., Nitschke, J., Krol, S. A., & Tellier, P. P. (2019). Oxytocin selectively improves empathic accuracy: A replication in men and novel insights in women. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4, 12, 1042-1048.

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Ravary, A., Baldwin, M., & Bartz, J. A. (2019). Shaping the body politic: Mass media fat-shaming and implicit anti-fat attitudes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 11, 1580-1589.

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Nitschke, J.P., Chu, S., Pruessner, J. C., Bartz, J. A., & Sheldon, S. (2019). Post-learning stress reduces the misinformation effect: effects of psychosocial stress on memory updating. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 164-71.

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Sunahara C., Zelkowitz P., Bolger N., Sadikaj G., Samuel S., Gold I., Hayton B., Feeley N., Carter C.S., & Bartz J.A. (2019). Maternal oxytocin predicts relationship survival during the perinatal transition period. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 136, 33-38.

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2018

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Nitschke, J., Krol, S. A., & Bartz, J. A. (2018). Oxytocin and human sociality: An interactionist perspective on the “hormone of love”. In O. C. Schultheiss & P. H. Mehta (Eds.) International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology, pp. 205-233. Routledge Psychology Press. 

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Krol S.A., Meyer M.L., Lieberman M.D., Bartz J.A. (2018). Social Working Memory Predicts Social Network Size in Humans. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4, 387-99.

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Sheldon S., Chu S., Nitschke J.P., Pruessner J.C., Bartz J.A. (2018). The dynamic interplay between acute psychosocial stress, emotion and autobiographical memory. Scientific Reports, 8 (article no. 8684).

 

Nitschke, J.P., Krol, S.A., Bartz, J.A. (2018). Oxytocin and Human Sociality: An Interactionist Perspective on the 'Hormone of Love'. In Schultheiss, OC & Mehta, PH (Eds.), Routledge, International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

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2016

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Bartz, J.A., Tchalova, K., & Fenerci, C. (2016). Reminders of social connection can attenuate anthropomorphism: A replication and extension of Epley, Alkalis, Waytz, and Cacioppo (2008). Psychological Science, 27(12), 1644-50.

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Bartz, J. A. (2016). Oxytocin and the pharmacological dissection of affiliation. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25(2), 104-10.

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2015

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Bartz, J. A., Lydon, J. E., Kolevzon, A., Zaki, J., Hollander, E., Ludwig, N. & Bolger, N. (2015). Differential effects of oxytocin on agency and communion for anxiously and avoidantly attached individuals. Psychological Science, 26, 1177–86.

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Martin, L. J., Hathaway, G., Isbester, K., Mirali, S., Acland, E. L., Niederstrasser, N., Bartz, J. A., Sapolsky, R. M., Sternberg, W. F., Levitin, D. J., & Mogil, J. S. (2015). Reducing Social Stress Elicits Emotional Contagion of Pain in Mouse and Human Strangers. Current Biology, 25(3), 326–32. 

 

Bartz, J. A., Baldwin, M. W. & Lydon, J. E. (2015). An expectancy-value approach to attachment. In V. Zayas & C. Hazan (Eds.) Bases of Adult Attachment: From Brain to Mind to Behavior. Springer Publisher.

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2014

 

DeWall, C. N., Gillath, O., Pressman, S. D., Black, L. L., Bartz, J., Moskovitz, J. & Stetler, D. A (2014). When the love hormone leads to violence: Oxytocin increases partner violence inclinations among high trait aggressive people. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5(6), 691-97.

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2013

 

Olff, M., Frijling, J. L., Kubzansky, L. D., Bradley, B., Ellenbogen, M. A., Cardoso, C., Bartz, J. A., Yee, J. R., & van Zuiden, M. (2013). The role of oxytocin in social bonding, stress regulation and mental health: An update on the moderating effects of context and interindividual differences. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, 1883-94.

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Ripoll, L. H., Zaki, J., Perez-Rodriguez, M. M., Snyder, R., Strike, K. S., Boussi, A., Bartz, J. A., Ochsner, K. N., Siever, L. J., New, A. S. (2013). Empathic accuracy and cognition in schizotypal personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 210, 232-41.

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McClure, M. J., Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. (2013). Uncovering and overcoming ambivalence: The role of chronic and contextually activated attachment in two-person social dilemmas. Journal of Personality, 81, 103-17.

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2012

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Bartz, J. A. (2012) Oxytocin, attachment, betrayal and self-interest: A commentary on "Oxytocin modulates the link between adult attachment and cooperation through reduced betrayal aversion" by Carsten K.W. De Dreu. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37, 106-08.

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Anagnostou, E., Soorya, L., Chaplin, W., Bartz, J., Halpern, D., Wasserman, S., Wang, A. T., Pepa, L., Tanel, N., Kushki, A., and Hollander, E. (2012). Intranasal oxytocin versus placebo in the treatment of adults with autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trial. Molecular Autism, 3(16).

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2011

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Bartz, J., Simeon, D., Hamilton, H., Kim, S. Crystal, S., Braun, A., Vincens, V., & Hollander, E. (2011) Oxytocin can hinder trust and cooperation in borderline personality disorder. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 6, 556-63.

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Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N. & Ochsner, K. N. (2011). Social effects of oxytocin in humans: Context and person matter. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 301-9.

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Simeon, D., Bartz, J. A., Hamilton, H., Crystal, S., Braun, A., Vincens, V., & Hollander, E. (2011). Oxytocin administration attenuates stress reactivity in borderline personality disorder: A pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36, 1418-21.

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Bartz, J. A. (2011). Serotonin and the neurochemistry of intimacy. Biological Psychiatry, 69, 716-7.

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2010

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Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Ochsner, K. N., Bolger, N., Kolevzon, A., Ludwig, N., & Lydon, J. E. (2010). Effects of oxytocin on recollections of maternal care and closeness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 21371-5. 

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Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., Hollander, E., Ludwig, N. N., Kolevzon, A., & Ochsner, K. N. (2010). Oxytocin selectively improves empathic accuracy. Psychological Science, 21, 1426-28.

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Bartz, J. A., & Young, L. J. (2010). Oxytocin, social cognition, and autism. In E. Hollander, A. Kolevzon, & J. Coyle (Eds.) The Textbook of Autism Spectrum Disorders. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.  

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2008

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Bartz, J. A., & Hollander, E. (2008). Oxytocin and Experimental Therapeutics in Autism Spectrum Disorders. In R. Landgraf and I. Neumann (Eds.) Advances in Vasopressin and Oxytocin—From Genes to Behavior. Progress in Brain Research Book Series. Elsevier.

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Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. E. (2008). Relationship-specific attachment, risk regulation, and communal norm adherence in close relationships. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 655-63.

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Bartz, J., Young, L., Hollander, E., Buxbaum, J., & Ring, R. (2008). Preclinical animal models of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In R. A. McArthur and F. Borsini (Eds.) Animal and Translational Models of Behavioral Disorders (Vol. 1). Elsevier Inc. 

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2007

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Bartz, J. A., & McInnes, A. (2007). CD38 regulates oxytocin secretion and complex social behavior. BioEssays, 29, 837-41. 

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Hollander, E., Bartz, J., Chaplin, W., Phillips, A., Sumner, J., Soorya, L., Anagnostou, E., & Wasserman, S. (2007). Oxytocin increases retention of social cognition in autism. Biological Psychiatry, 61, 498-503.

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Bartz, J. A., Kaplan, A., & Hollander, E. (2007). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Chapter in W. O’Donohue and S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Personality Disorders: Toward the DSM-V. Sage Publications. 

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2006

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Bartz, J. A., & Hollander, E. (2006). The neuroscience of affiliation: Forging links between basic and clinical research on neuropeptides and social behavior. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 518-28.

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Bartz, J. A., & Hollander, E. (2006). Is obsessive-compulsive disorder an anxiety disorder? Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 30, 338-52.

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Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. E. (2006). Navigating the interdependence dilemma: Attachment goals and the use of communal norms with potential close others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 77-96.

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2004

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Bartz, J. A., & Lydon, J. E. (2004). Close relationships and the working self-concept: Implicit and explicit effects of priming attachment on agency and communion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1389-1401.

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Hollander, E. & Bartz, J. (2004). A 48-year-old man with a history of obsessive-compulsive disorder, comorbid bipolar, panic disorders. Psychiatric Annals, 34, 808-10.

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2003

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Gagné, F. M., Lydon, J. E., & Bartz, J. A. (2003). Effects of mindset on the predicative validity of relationship constructs. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 35, 292-304.

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