Our mission

What is the AMORE initiative about?

The Active Monitoring of Oxytocin Research Evidence (AMORE) platform serves as a living meta-analysis hub for oxytocin research related to biobehavioral outcomes. Living meta analysis is a tool to better understand findings of indivdiual studies and place them in a bigger evidence picture. Wheras traditional meta-analysis becomes outdated, living meta analysis are regularly updated. Retracted papers can be removed and newly published papers can be included in the analysis. This ensures that the newest evidence is reflected in the living meta-analysis.

Expert Steering Committee

The AMORE platform is overseen by a steering committee of experts in the oxytocin research field. The committee:

  • Approves project proposals
  • Provides methodological guidance
  • Ensures computational reproducibility
  • Maintains platform standards

Expert Steering Committee Members

  • Prof. Daniel S. Quintana
    Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    KG Jebsen Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    NevSom, Department of Rare Disorders, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  • Prof. Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg
    William James Center for Research, ISPA – University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Prof. Jessica J. Connelly
    Department of Psychology, Program in Fundamental Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

  • MPhil Heemin Kang
    Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  • Prof. Jennifer A. Bartz
    Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

  • Prof. Natalie C. Ebner
    Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Cognitive Aging and Memory Center, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

  • Prof. Dirk Scheele
    Department of Social Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    Research Center One Health Ruhr of the University Alliance Ruhr, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

  • Prof. Benjamin Becker
    State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  • Prof. Kaat Alaerts
    Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Neuromotor Rehabilitation Research

  • Dr. Matthijs Moerkerke
    Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  • Dr. Elizabeth A. Lawson
    Neuroendocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts, USA

    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  • Dr. Tanya L. Procyshyn
    Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  • Dr. Marilyn Horta
    Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida, USA

  • Prof. Hidenori Yamasue
    Departments of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu City, Japan

  • Constantina Theofanopoulou
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

    New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

  • Dr. Leehe Peeled Avron
    Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

  • Senior Scientist Nicole Nadine Løndtfelt
    Center for Social Data Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen

    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Dr. Ekaterina Schneider
    Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Prof. Beate Ditzen Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Anna-Rosa Cecilie Mora-Jensen
    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University Hospital - Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

  • Prof. Christian Montag
    Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

    Department of Computer and Information Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

  • Prof. Robert James Blair
    Department of Clinical Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • MSc Alina I. Sartorious
    Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway