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Oxytocin enables novelty seeking and creative performance through upregulated approach: evidence and avenues for future research.
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science - 1 Jan 2000
De Dreu Carsten K W, Baas Matthijs, Boot Nathalie C
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Oxytocin is an evolutionary ancient hypothalamic neuropeptide well known for its role in reproduction, social bonding, and group affiliation. Recent work has linked oxytocin in humans to creative cognition--the ability to produce insights, ideas, and problem solutions that are original and potentially useful. Here we review this literature, focusing on the relationship between (1) single-nucleotide polymorphisms...
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