Tryptophan Promotes Interpersonal Trust

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2575-2577

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   Steenbergen, Laura ^a   de Kwaadsteniet, Erik W ^a   Sellaro, Roberta ^a   Liepelt, Roman ^b   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PLACEBOS; TRUST; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84890367038     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613500795     Document Type: Article

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