Oxytocin motivates non-cooperation in intergroup conflict to protect vulnerable in-group members.

Intergroup conflict is often driven by an individual's motivation to protect oneself and fellow group members against the threat of out-group aggression, including the tendency to pre-empt out-group threat through a competitive approach. Here we link such defense-motivated competition to oxytoc...

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Main Authors: Carsten K W De Dreu, Shaul Shalvi, Lindred L Greer, Gerben A Van Kleef, Michel J J Handgraaf
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3b3af9f6874243aa8a79f47bf5413b42
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