Oxytocin and social perception: Oxytocin increases perceived facial trustworthiness and attractiveness

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-132

  Theodoridou, Angeliki ^a   Rowe, Angela C ^a   Penton Voak, Ian S ^a   Rogers, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affiliative behaviour; Attractiveness; Hormones; Oxytocin; Sex differences; Social perception; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; SYNTOCINON SPRAY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349129377     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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