Oxytocin makes females, but not males, less forgiving following betrayal of trust

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1785-1792

  Yao, Shuxia ^a   Zhao, Weihua ^a   Cheng, Rui ^a   Geng, Yayuan ^a   Luo, Lizhu ^a   Kendrick, Keith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Gender difference; oxytocin; trait forgiveness; trust repair

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETRAYAL; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORGIVENESS; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; TRUST GAME; TRUST RESTORATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929942817     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146114571400090X     Document Type: Article

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