Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene and Religious Affiliation Correlate with Dictator Game Altruism in Males and not Females: Evidence for Gender-sensitive Gene x Culture Interaction

Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene and Religious Affiliation Correlate with Dictator Game Altruism in Males and not Females: Evidence for Gender-sensitive Gene x Culture Interaction

On a large sample of 2288 Han Chinese undergraduates, we investigated how religion and DRD4 are related to human altruistic giving behavior as measured with the Andreoni-Miller Dictator Game. This game enables us to clearly specify (non-)selfishness, efficiency, and fairness motives for sharing. Par...

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Main Authors: Yushi eJiang, Rachel eBachner-Melman, Soo Hong eChew, Richard Paul Ebstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Religion
Altruism
Gene-culture coevolution
differential susceptibility
dopamine D4 receptor
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00338/full

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