When Two Become One: The Role of Oxytocin in Interpersonal Coordination and Cooperation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1418-1427

  Arueti, Maayan ^a   Perach Barzilay, Nufar ^a   Tsoory, Michael M ^b   Berger, Barry ^a   Getter, Nir ^a   Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880831239     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00400     Document Type: Article

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