The neuropeptide oxytocin induces a social altruism bias

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 15696-15701

  Marsh, Nina ^a   Scheele, Dirk ^a   Gerhardt, Holger ^b   Strang, Sabrina ^c   Enax, Laura ^a,b,e   Weber, Bernd ^a,b,e   Maier, Wolfgang ^a,d   Hurlemann, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e Life and Brain Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Decision making; Oxytocin; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN;

AGED; ALTRUISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948128181     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3199-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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