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Susannah C Walker

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Effects of MDMA on attention to positive social cues and pleasantness of affective touch.

Neuropsychopharmacology September 2019 Anya K. Bershad, Leah M. Mayo, Kathryne Van Hedger et al.

The psychostimulant drug ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) reportedly produces distinctive feelings of empathy and closeness with others. MDMA increases social behavior in animal models and has shown promise in psychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). How it produces these prosocial effects is not known. This behavioral and...