Gender moderates the effect of oxytocin on social judgments

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-304

  Hoge, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Anderson, Eric ^c   Lawson, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Bui, Eric ^a,b,d   Fischer, Laura E ^a   Khadge, Shradha D ^a,c   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,c   Simon, Naomi M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

affective learning; facial expression; neuropeptide; oxytocin; social learning; visual perception

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FACE; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCIN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905445534     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2402     Document Type: Review

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