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Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with differences in moral judgment.
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience - 1 Dec 2016
Bernhard Regan M, Chaponis Jonathan, Siburian Richie, Gallagher Patience, Ransohoff Katherine, Wikler Daniel, Perlis Roy H, Greene Joshua D
Abstract excerpt
Moral judgments are produced through the coordinated interaction of multiple neural systems, each of which relies on a characteristic set of neurotransmitters. Genes that produce or regulate these neurotransmitters may have distinctive influences on moral judgment. Two studies examined potential genetic influences on moral judgment using dilemmas that reliably elicit competing automatic and controlled responses,...
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