Do marmosets care to share? Oxytocin treatment reduces prosocial behavior toward strangers

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-90

  Mustoe, Aaryn C ^a   Cavanaugh, Jon ^a   Harnisch, April M ^a   Thompson, Breanna E ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cortisol; Marmoset; New World monkey; Other regarding preferences; Oxytocin; Proline oxytocin; Prosocial behavior; Prosocial food sharing task

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITRICHINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CALLITHRIX; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PAIR BONDING; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84928713424     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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