Variants at serotonin transporter and 2A receptor genes predict cooperative behavior differentially according to presence of punishment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3955-3960

  Schroeder, Kari B ^a,b   Mcelreath, Richard ^b   Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Behavioral plasticity; Collective action; Public goods game

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GAME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; STRESS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUNISHMENT; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874628328     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216841110     Document Type: Article

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