Oxytocin, but not vasopressin, increases both parochial and universal altruism

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1341-1344

  Israel, Salomon ^a   Weisel, Ori ^a,b   Ebstein, Richard P ^c   Bornstein, Gary ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Altruism; Intergroup cooperation; Nested social dilemma; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SOCIETY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBOS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862328279     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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