Oxytocin Makes People Trusting, Not Gullible

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1072-1074

  Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a   Gross, James J ^b   Lane, Anthony ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a   de Timary, Philippe ^a   Luminet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149429865     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610377343     Document Type: Article

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