Oxytocin is associated with human trustworthiness

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 522-527

  Zak, Paul J ^a,b,c   Kurzban, Robert ^d   Matzner, William T ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cooperation; Decision making; Hormones; Social recognition; Strategy; Trust

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUST;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 27844437083     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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