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Neto, M. L., Antunes, M., Lopes, M., Ferreira, D., Rilling, J. & Prata, D. (2020). Oxytocin and vasopressin modulation of prisoner’s dilemma strategies. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 34 (8), 891-900

M. L. Neto et al.,  "Oxytocin and vasopressin modulation of prisoner’s dilemma strategies", in Journal of Psychopharmacology, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 891-900, 2020

@article{neto2020_1733303102234,
	author = "Neto, M. L. and Antunes, M. and Lopes, M. and Ferreira, D. and Rilling, J. and Prata, D.",
	title = "Oxytocin and vasopressin modulation of prisoner’s dilemma strategies",
	journal = "Journal of Psychopharmacology",
	year = "2020",
	volume = "34",
	number = "8",
	doi = "10.1177/0269881120913145",
	pages = "891-900",
	url = "http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200774"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Oxytocin and vasopressin modulation of prisoner’s dilemma strategies
T2  - Journal of Psychopharmacology
VL  - 34
IS  - 8
AU  - Neto, M. L.
AU  - Antunes, M.
AU  - Lopes, M.
AU  - Ferreira, D.
AU  - Rilling, J.
AU  - Prata, D.
PY  - 2020
SP  - 891-900
SN  - 0269-8811
DO  - 10.1177/0269881120913145
UR  - http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200774
AB  - Background: The neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin have been repeatedly implicated in social decision making by enhancing social salience and, generally, cooperation. The iterated and sequential version of the prisoner’s dilemma (PD) game is a social dilemma paradigm eliciting strategies of cooperation versus competition. Aims: We aimed to characterise the role of PD players’ sex, game partner type (computer vs. human) and oxytocin or vasopressin inhalation on the player’s strategy preference. Methods: Participants (153 men; 151 women) were randomised to intranasal 24 IU oxytocin, 20 IU vasopressin or placebo, double-blind, and played the PD. We examined main and interactive effects of sex, drug and partner type on strategy preference. Results: We found a pervasive preference for a tit-for-tat strategy (i.e. general sensitivity to the partner’s choices) over unconditional cooperation, particularly when against a human rather than a computer partner. Oxytocin doubled this sensitivity in women (i.e. the preference for tit-for-tat over unconditional cooperation strategies) when playing against computers, which suggests a tendency to anthropomorphise them, and doubled women’s unconditional cooperation preference when playing against humans. Vasopressin doubled sensitivity to the partner’s previous choices (i.e. for tit-for-tat over unconditional cooperation) across sexes and partner types. Conclusions: These findings suggest that women may be more sensitive to oxytocin’s social effects of anthropomorphism of non-humans and of unconditional cooperation with humans, which may be consistent with evolutionary pressures for maternal care, and that vasopressin, irrespective of sex and partner type, may be generally sensitising humans to others’ behaviour.
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