Oxytocin does not make a face appear more trustworthy but improves the accuracy of trustworthiness judgments

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-68

  Lambert, Bruno ^a   Declerck, Carolyn H ^a   Boone, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face evaluation; Oxytocin; Perceived trustworthiness; Social perception

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUSTWORTHINESS;

FACE EVALUATION; OXYTOCIN; PERCEIVED TRUSTWORTHINESS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893375226     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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