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No association between oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene polymorphisms and experimentally elicited social preferences.
PloS one - 16 Jun 2010
Apicella Coren L, Cesarini David, Johannesson Magnus, Dawes Christopher T, Lichtenstein Paul, Wallace Björn, Beauchamp Jonathan, Westberg Lars
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BACKGROUND: Oxytocin (OXT) has been implicated in a suite of complex social behaviors including observed choices in economic laboratory experiments. However, actual studies of associations between oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene variants and experimentally elicited social preferences are rare. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We test hypotheses of associations between social preferences, as measured by behavior in...
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