Elizabeth Hammock

Assistant professor
Florida State University

Elizabeth Hammock is assistant professor of psychology at Florida State University.

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Spectrum

By Elizabeth Hammock

9 July 2019

4 min read

How the social hormone vasopressin might help autistic people

A drug that mimics the hormone vasopressin improves social skills in autistic people — but so does one that blocks vasopressin’s effects. How can seemingly opposing manipulations produce similar results?

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How the social hormone vasopressin might help autistic people

By Elizabeth Hammock

9 July 2019 | 4 min read

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