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Study: ‘Love hormone’ promotes lying, dishonesty

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

04/01/2014 02:10

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Israeli and Dutch researchers have found that oxytocin, a brain hormone and neurotransmitter that boosts intimacy, promotes dishonesty and lying to benefit a group.

"They said their findings 'reveal the underlying biological circuitries involved in group-serving dishonesty' and morality."


 “'Our results suggest people are willing to bend ethical rules to help the people close to us, like our team or family,' concluded Shalvi, who heads BGU’s Center for Decision- Making and Economic Psychology. 'This raises an interesting, although perhaps more philosophical, question: Are all lies immoral?'"

Link to Jerusalem Post article about the study findings