The association between 2D:4D ratio and cognitive empathy is contingent on a common polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576)

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-32

  Weisman, Omri ^a   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^a   Leckman, James F ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a,b   Lu, Yunfeng ^c   Chong, Anne ^c   Chen, Ying ^c   Monakhov, Mikhail ^c   Chew, Soo Hong ^c   Ebstein, Richard P ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Empathy; Fetal estosterone; OXTR; Oxytocin; RMET; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAN CHINESE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SECOND TO FOURTH DIGIT RATIO; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; COGNITION; FINGER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANTHROPOMETRY; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937566958     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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