Oxytocin and cooperation under conditions of uncertainty: The modulating role of incentives and social information

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-374

  Declerck, Carolyn H ^a   Boone, Christophe ^a   Kiyonari, Toko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Game theory; Oxytocin; Social cognition; Social dilemmas; Trust

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY;

AGING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYTOCIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649187051     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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