Oxytocin increases willingness to socially share one's emotions

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 676-681

  Lane, Anthony ^a   Luminet, Olivier ^a,c   Rimé, Bernard ^a   Gross, James J ^b   de Timary, Philippe ^a   Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Fund for Scientific Research (FSR FNRS)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Emotion; Expression; Oxytocin; Sharing

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881591119     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.677540     Document Type: Article

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