Open AccessOxytocin and vasopressin modulation of prisoner’s dilemma strategies
Author(s) -
Maria Leonor Neto,
Marília Antunes,
Manuel Lopes,
Duarte M. S. Ferreira,
James K. Rilling,
Diana Prata
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of psychopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.333
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1461-7285
pISSN - 0269-8811
DOI - 10.1177/0269881120913145
Subject(s) - oxytocin , vasopressin , preference , psychology , dilemma , aggression , social preferences , developmental psychology , neuropeptide , prosocial behavior , social psychology , endocrinology , medicine , neuroscience , microeconomics , economics , philosophy , epistemology , receptor
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.