Oxytocin increases trust in humans

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7042, 2005, Pages 673-676

  Kosfeld, Michael ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a   Zak, Paul J ^b   Fischbacher, Urs ^a   Fehr, Ernst ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Collegium Helveticum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; NATURAL SCIENCES; PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MARKET TRANSACTIONS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL RISKS; TRADING PARTNERS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

OXYTOCIN;

BIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GAME; INVESTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 20444497343     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03701     Document Type: Article

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