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Ignorance is no excuse: moral judgments are influenced by a genetic variation on the oxytocin receptor gene.

Brain and cognition - 1 Apr 2012

Walter Nora T, Montag Christian, Markett Sebastian, Felten Andrea, Voigt Gesine, Reuter Martin

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Perspective-taking has become a main focus of studies on moral judgments. Recent fMRI studies have demonstrated that individual differences in brain activation predict moral decision making. In particular, pharmacological studies highlighted the crucial role for the neuropeptide oxytocin in social behavior and emotional perception. In the present study N=154 participants were genotyped for a functional...

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PMID: 22296985
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.01.003

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