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Thin-slicing study of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and the evaluation and expression of the prosocial disposition.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Nov 2011
Kogan Aleksandr, Saslow Laura R, Impett Emily A, Oveis Christopher, Keltner Dacher, Rodrigues Saturn Sarina
Abstract excerpt
Individuals who are homozygous for the G allele of the rs53576 SNP of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene tend to be more prosocial than carriers of the A allele. However, little is known about how these differences manifest behaviorally and whether they are readily detectable by outside observers, both critical questions in theoretical accounts of prosociality. In the present study, we used thin-slicing...
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