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DAT1 polymorphism determines L-DOPA effects on learning about others' prosociality.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Eisenegger Christoph, Pedroni Andreas, Rieskamp Jörg, Zehnder Christian, Ebstein Richard, Fehr Ernst, Knoch Daria
Abstract excerpt
Despite that a wealth of evidence links striatal dopamine to individualś reward learning performance in non-social environments, the neurochemical underpinnings of such learning during social interaction are unknown. Here, we show that the administration of 300 mg of the dopamine precursor L-DOPA to 200 healthy male subjects influences learning about a partners' prosocial preferences in a novel social interaction...
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