Giving peace a chance: Oxytocin increases empathy to pain in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Shamay-Tsoory SG, Abu-Akel A, Palgi S, Sulieman R, Fischer-Shofty M, Levkovitz Y, Decety J. · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2013 · randomised controlled trial, double blind
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“Israeli Jewish participants were asked to report their empathy to the pain of in-group (Jewish), neutral out-group (European), and adversary out-group (Palestinian) members.
“Oxytocin remarkably increased empathy to the pain of Palestinians, attenuating the effect of in-group empathy bias observed under the placebo condition.”
“This effect, we argue, is driven by the general role of oxytocin in increasing the salience of social agents which, in turn, may interfere with processes pertaining to derogation of out-group members during intractable conflicts.”
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24099859/ · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.015 · https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030645301300334X
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“Israeli Jewish participants were asked to report their empathy to the pain of in-group (Jewish), neutral out-group (European), and adversary out-group (Palestinian) members. · “Oxytocin remarkably increased empathy to the pain of Palestinians, attenuating the effect of in-group empathy bias observed under the placebo condition.” · “This effect, we argue, is driven by the general role of oxytocin in increasing the salience of social agents which, in turn, may interfere with processes pertaining to derogation of out-group members during intractable conflicts.”
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24099859/ · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.015 · https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030645301300334X
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