Oxytocin modulates the link between adult attachment and cooperation through reduced betrayal aversion

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 871-880

  De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Hormones; Interpersonal behavior; Neuropeptides; Pro social approach; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BETRAYAL AVERSION; COOPERATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOWN-REGULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBOS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861197015     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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