Oxytocin receptor genetic variation promotes human trust behavior

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Krueger, Frank ^a   Parasuraman, Raja ^a   Iyengar, Vijeth ^b   Thornburg, Matthew ^a   Weel, Jaap ^a   Lin, Mingkuan ^a   Clarke, Ellen ^a   McCabe, Kevin ^a   Lipsky, Robert H ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor gene; Prosocial behavior; SNP; Social cognition; Social interaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; ALLELE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 3P; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; EXON; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXTRAVERSION; FEAR; GAME; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPENNESS; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR GENE; PERSONALITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THEORY OF MIND; TRUST;

EID: 84933679573     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00004     Document Type: Article

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