Human studies including our results have linked AVPR1B to disorders with social components including bipolar type I, depression, autistic traits as measured by EQ, childhood aggression, COMD, suicidal attempts, prosociality, and emotional empathy (Dempster et al., 2007; Chakrabarti et al., 2009; Leszczynska-Rodziewicz et al., 2012; Zai et al., 2012; Szczepankiewicz et al., 2013; Luppino et al., 2014; Wu et al., 2015). Here, AVPR1B is linked to depressive symptom measurement.