Oxytocin increases generosity in humans.

Human beings routinely help strangers at costs to themselves. Sometimes the help offered is generous-offering more than the other expects. The proximate mechanisms supporting generosity are not well-understood, but several lines of research suggest a role for empathy. In this study, participants wer...

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Autores principales:	Paul J Zak, Angela A Stanton, Sheila Ahmadi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:edfbf07bec3f4b7ea7ed279248a9e2832021-11-25T06:10:32ZOxytocin increases generosity in humans.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0001128https://doaj.org/article/edfbf07bec3f4b7ea7ed279248a9e2832007-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001128https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Human beings routinely help strangers at costs to themselves. Sometimes the help offered is generous-offering more than the other expects. The proximate mechanisms supporting generosity are not well-understood, but several lines of research suggest a role for empathy. In this study, participants were infused with 40 IU oxytocin (OT) or placebo and engaged in a blinded, one-shot decision on how to split a sum of money with a stranger that could be rejected. Those on OT were 80% more generous than those given a placebo. OT had no effect on a unilateral monetary transfer task dissociating generosity from altruism. OT and altruism together predicted almost half the interpersonal variation in generosity. Notably, OT had twofold larger impact on generosity compared to altruism. This indicates that generosity is associated with both altruism as well as an emotional identification with another person.Paul J ZakAngela A StantonSheila AhmadiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 2, Iss 11, p e1128 (2007)
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description	Human beings routinely help strangers at costs to themselves. Sometimes the help offered is generous-offering more than the other expects. The proximate mechanisms supporting generosity are not well-understood, but several lines of research suggest a role for empathy. In this study, participants were infused with 40 IU oxytocin (OT) or placebo and engaged in a blinded, one-shot decision on how to split a sum of money with a stranger that could be rejected. Those on OT were 80% more generous than those given a placebo. OT had no effect on a unilateral monetary transfer task dissociating generosity from altruism. OT and altruism together predicted almost half the interpersonal variation in generosity. Notably, OT had twofold larger impact on generosity compared to altruism. This indicates that generosity is associated with both altruism as well as an emotional identification with another person.
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Oxytocin increases generosity in humans.

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