Oxytocin modulates selection of allies in intergroup conflict

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1731, 2012, Pages 1150-1154

  de Dreu, Carsten K W ^a   Greer, Lindred L ^a   Handgraaf, Michel J J ^a   Shalvi, Shaul ^a   van Kleef, Gerben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Decision making; Hormones; Person perception

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

EID: 84856798534     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1444     Document Type: Article

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