OXT and autism: Similar notions have been expressed regarding the use of cognition-enhancing medication, suggesting that patients who receive compounds that putatively enhance cognition should be treated with cognitive remediation at the same time.37–41 Ford and Young note that oxytocin increases the salience of social stimuli, increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of social information, and have specifically recommended that trials of oxytocin in autism be carried out combining behavioral therapy with oxytocin.42