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Dopamine D4 receptor gene and religious affiliation correlate with dictator game altruism in males and not females: evidence for gender-sensitive gene × culture interaction

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, September 2015
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Title
Dopamine D4 receptor gene and religious affiliation correlate with dictator game altruism in males and not females: evidence for gender-sensitive gene × culture interaction
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, September 2015
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2015.00338
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Yushi Jiang, Rachel Bachner-Melman, Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein

Abstract

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. Participants were further classified into religious categories (Christian, Buddhist-Tao, and No Religion) based on self-reports, and genotyped for the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene exon III VNTR. Our analysis revealed a significant interaction between religion and DRD4 correlated with giving behavior solely among males: Whereas no significant association between religion and sharing decisions was observed in the majority 4R/4R genotype group, a significant difference in giving behavior between Christian and non-Christian males was seen in the non-4R/4R group, with Christian men being overall more altruistic (less selfish and fairer) than non-Christian men. These results support the vantage sensitivity hypothesis regarding DRD4 that the non-4R/4R "susceptibility" genotype is more responsive to a positive environment provided by some religions.

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Unknown 26 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 4 15%
Researcher 4 15%
Professor 3 12%
Student > Master 3 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 7 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 6 23%
Neuroscience 3 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Social Sciences 2 8%
Computer Science 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 9 35%
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