Hormonal and genetic influences on processing reward and social information

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1118, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-73

  Caldú, Xavier ^a   Dreher, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; COMT; Cooperation; DAT; Dopamine; Estrogen; Fairness; fMRI; Genes; Gonadal steroid hormones; Neuroeconomy; Oxytocin; Progesterone; Reward system; Reward uncertainty; Social exclusion; Social interaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL LEVEL; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; HEREDITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; PROCESSING; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST;

PRIMATES;

EID: 36549015702     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1412.007     Document Type: Review

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