NDLI: The other side of the coin: oxytocin decreases the adherence to fairness norms

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Radke, Sina Bruijn, Ellen R. A. De
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Oxytocin (OXT) has been implicated in prosocial behaviors such as trust and generosity. Yet, these effects appear to strongly depend on characteristics of the situation and the people with whom we interact or make decisions. Norms and rules can facilitate and guide our actions, with fairness being a particularly salient and fundamental norm. The current study investigated the effects of intranasal OXT administration on fairness considerations in social decision-making in a double-blind, placebo-controlled within-subject design. After having received 24 IU of OXT or placebo (PLC), participants completed a one-shot Dictator Game (DG) and played the role of the responder in a modified version of the Ultimatum Game (UG), in which an unfair offer of eight coins for the proposer and two coins for the responder is paired with either a fair-(5:5) or no-alternative (8:2). Rejection rates were higher when a fair alternative had been available than when there was no alternative to an unfair offer. Importantly, OXT did not de-or increase rejection rates overall, but reduced the sensitivity to contextual fairness, i.e., the context of alternatives in which an offer was made. As dictators, participants allocated less coins to the recipient when given OXT than when given PLC, indicating a decline in generosity. These results suggest that OXT decreases the adherence to fairness norms in social settings where others are likely to be perceived as not belonging to one's ingroup. While our findings do not support the prosocial conception of OXT, they corroborate recent ideas that the effects of OXT are more nuanced than assumed in the past.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00193
Starting Page	193
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16625161
e-ISSN	16625161
Journal	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Volume Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
Publisher Date	2012-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Frontiers Media S.A.
Subject Keyword	Biological Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Neurology Psychiatry and Mental health Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology Biological Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health

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