Empathy toward Strangers Triggers Oxytocin Release and Subsequent Generosity
Article first published online: 24 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04504.x
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume 1167, Values, Empathy, and Fairness across Social Barriers pages 182–189, June 2009
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Barraza, J. A. and Zak, P. J. (2009), Empathy toward Strangers Triggers Oxytocin Release and Subsequent Generosity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1167: 182–189. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04504.x
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