Oxytocin attenuates feelings of hostility depending on emotional context and individuals' characteristics

Oxytocin attenuates feelings of hostility depending on emotional context and individuals' characteristics

In humans, oxytocin (OT) enhances prosocial behaviour. However, it is still unclear how the prosocial effects of OT are modulated by emotional features and/or individuals' characteristics. In a placebo-controlled design, we tested 20 healthy male volunteers to investigate these behavioural and...

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Main Authors: Hirosawa, Tetsu, Kikuchi, Mitsuru, Higashida, Haruhiro, Okumura, Eiichi, Ueno, Sanae, Shitamichi, Kiyomi, Yoshimura, Yuko, Munesue, Toshio, Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa, Haruta, Yasuhiro, Nakatani, Hideo, Hashimoto, Takanori, Minabe, Yoshio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337658/

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