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Revisiting the impact of OXTR rs53576 on empathy: A population-based study and a meta-analysis.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Jun 2017
Gong Pingyuan, Fan Huiyong, Liu Jinting, Yang Xing, Zhang Kejin, Zhou Xiaolin
Abstract excerpt
Oxytocin in the brain is related to empathy, which refers to the ability to understand and share others' internal states or responses. Previous studies have investigated the impact of OXTR rs53576, the most intensively examined polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene, on individual differences in empathy. However, these studies produced inconsistent results. In the current study, we reexamined the...
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