Oxytocin and Self-Consciousness

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany.
² Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of FreiburgFreiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center, University of FreiburgFreiburg, Germany.

Valentina Colonnello et al. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016.

. 2016 Feb 29:10:67.

doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00067. eCollection 2016.

¹ Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany.
² Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of FreiburgFreiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center, University of FreiburgFreiburg, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: consciousness; neuropeptide; oxytocin; self; self-other perception.

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