Evidence of oxytocin's role in vole bonding behavior led researchers to examine this hormone's role in a condition in which a person has trouble making social attachments. What is this condition?

A) Down syndrome
B) autism
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) dyslexia
E) Tourette syndrome

Oxytocin

Posterior pituitary hormone that acts on smooth muscle of the reproductive tract and breasts.

Social Attachments

Emotional bonds between individuals, crucial for human development and contributing to the psychological health and well-being of social creatures.

Autism

A developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.