Oxytocin selectively facilitates recognition of positive sex and relationship words: Short report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1092-1094

  Unkelbach, Christian ^a,c   Guastella, Adam J ^b   Forgas, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349115456     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02206.x     Document Type: Article

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