Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women.
Generosity is a human behavior common in social contexts. However, humans are not equally generous to everyone alike. Instead, generosity decreases as a function of social distance, an effect called social discounting. Studies show that such social discounting effect depends on diverse factors inclu...
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| author | Sergio Oroz Artigas Lu Liu Sabrina Strang Caroline Burrasch Astrid Hermsteiner Thomas F Münte Soyoung Q Park |
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| description | Generosity is a human behavior common in social contexts. However, humans are not equally generous to everyone alike. Instead, generosity decreases as a function of social distance, an effect called social discounting. Studies show that such social discounting effect depends on diverse factors including personality traits, cultures, stress or hormonal levels. Recently, the importance of the neurotransmitter dopamine in regulating social interactions has been highlighted. However, it remains unclear how exactly dopamine agonist administration modulates generous behavior as a function of social discounting. Here, we investigate the causal effect of dopamine agonist administration on social discounting in a pharmacological intervention study. We employ a randomized, double-blind, within-subject design to investigate the impact of the D2/D3 receptor agonist pramipexole on social discounting by keeping gender constant. We apply hyperbolic social discount model to the data and provide evidence that women under pramipexole become less generous in general, especially towards close others. Our results highlight the crucial role of dopamine in social decision making. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26ba9fc225f1414ea56d19cee54559d22022-12-21T19:20:04ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-011412e022689310.1371/journal.pone.0226893Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women.Sergio Oroz ArtigasLu LiuSabrina StrangCaroline BurraschAstrid HermsteinerThomas F MünteSoyoung Q ParkGenerosity is a human behavior common in social contexts. However, humans are not equally generous to everyone alike. Instead, generosity decreases as a function of social distance, an effect called social discounting. Studies show that such social discounting effect depends on diverse factors including personality traits, cultures, stress or hormonal levels. Recently, the importance of the neurotransmitter dopamine in regulating social interactions has been highlighted. However, it remains unclear how exactly dopamine agonist administration modulates generous behavior as a function of social discounting. Here, we investigate the causal effect of dopamine agonist administration on social discounting in a pharmacological intervention study. We employ a randomized, double-blind, within-subject design to investigate the impact of the D2/D3 receptor agonist pramipexole on social discounting by keeping gender constant. We apply hyperbolic social discount model to the data and provide evidence that women under pramipexole become less generous in general, especially towards close others. Our results highlight the crucial role of dopamine in social decision making.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226893 |
| spellingShingle | Sergio Oroz Artigas Lu Liu Sabrina Strang Caroline Burrasch Astrid Hermsteiner Thomas F Münte Soyoung Q Park Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women. PLoS ONE |
| title | Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women. |
| title_full | Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women. |
| title_fullStr | Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women. |
| title_short | Enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women. |
| title_sort | enhancement in dopamine reduces generous behaviour in women |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226893 |
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