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| Title |
Tryptophan promotes charitable donating
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01451 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura Steenbergen, Roberta Sellaro, Lorenza S. Colzato |
| Abstract |
The link between serotonin (5-HT) and one of the most important elements of prosocial behavior, charity, has remained largely uninvestigated. In the present study, we tested whether charitable donating can be promoted by administering the food supplement L-Tryptophan (TRP), the biochemical precursor of 5-HT. Participants were compared with respect to the amount of money they donated when given the opportunity to make a charitable donation. As expected, compared to a neutral placebo, TRP appears to increase the participants' willingness to donate money to a charity. This result supports the idea that the food we eat may act as a cognitive enhancer modulating the way we think and perceive the world and others. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 29% |
| Japan | 2 | 10% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 10% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Turkey | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 65 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 35% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
| Researcher | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 6 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 33 | 51% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 February 2022.
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#29
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