Oxytocin not only increases trust when money is at stake, but also when confidential information is in the balance

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-184

  Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a   Pinon, Nicolas ^a   Lane, Anthony ^a   de Timary, Philippe ^b   Luminet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Betrayal; Generosity; Human; Oxytocin; Privacy; Trust

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

EID: 77955275223     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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