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Gender specific gene-environment interactions on laboratory-assessed aggression.
Biological psychology - 1 Jan 2006
Verona Edelyn, Joiner Thomas E, Johnson Frank, Bender Theodore W
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We examined gene-environment interactive effects on aggressive behavior among men and women genotyped (short versus long alleles) for the serotonin transporter gene. Aggressive behavior was indexed via a laboratory paradigm that measured the intensity and duration of shocks delivered to a putative "employee". Half of the participants were exposed to a physical stressor during the procedure (stress) and half were...
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