The impact of oxytocin administration on charitable donating is moderated by experiences of parental love-withdrawal

The impact of oxytocin administration on charitable donating is moderated by experiences of parental love-withdrawal

Oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of prosocial processes but most of this work has used laboratory tasks (such as the ultimatum game or the dictator game) to evaluate oxytocin’s prosocial effects. In a double blind randomized trial we examined the influence of intranasal administration of o...

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Main Authors: Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn, Renske eHuffmeijer, Lenneke R.A. Alink, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Mattie eTops
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Oxytocin
Altruism
Attachment
donating
intranasal administration
love withdrawal
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00258/full

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