The investigators are interested in the impact of intranasal oxytocin in unethical behavior.
The objective of this project is to further explore the role of oxytocin in moral judgment and ethical behavior. Oxytocin is a peptide hormone produced in a variety of hypothalamic neurons. It is released into the brain or brought into general circulation through sensory stimuli in a pulsatile fashion. In social psychology research, oxytocin is hypothesized to coordinate both the causes and effects of positive social interactions in a biofeedback loop.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Intranasal oxytocin is hypothesized to amplify the influence of social norms on unethical behavior.
Unethical behavior
To measure unethical behavior, we will calculate whether participants took more money than they actually earned on a problem-solving task.
Time frame: 130 minutes
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