Personality-dependent effects of oxytocin: Greater social benefits for high alexithymia scorers

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-406

  Luminet, Olivier ^a   Grynberg, Delphine ^a   Ruzette, Nicolas ^a   Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotional facial expression; Oxytocin; Personality; RMET

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PERSONALITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960081278     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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