An evolutionary perspective on the behavioral consequences of exogenous oxytocin application

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Ebitz, R Becket ^a,b   Platt, Michael L ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Decision making; Oxytocin; Prosociality; Social interactions; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84892953098     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00225     Document Type: Article

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