Does intranasal oxytocin promote prosocial behavior to an excluded fellow player? A randomized-controlled trial with Cyberball

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1418-1425

  Riem, Madelon M E ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Huffmeijer, Renske ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyberball; Oxytocin; Parenting; Prosocial behavior; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MISCONDUCT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878643157     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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