Oxytocin May Increase Guilt, Shame When Thinking About Others Being Harmed

Oxytocin makes individuals more averse to deliberately harming others when considering moral dilemmas, according to findingspublished yesterday in Molecular Psychiatry. Vasopressin, another hormone involved in social behavior, has no such effect. Individuals…

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