文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Oxytocin Receptor Gene Relates to Theory of Mind and Prosocial Behavior in Children

作者：Wu, Nan[1,2];Su, Yanjie[1]

第一作者：Wu, Nan;吴南

通讯作者：Su, YJ[1]

机构：[1]Peking Univ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Union Univ, Teachers Coll, Beijing, Peoples R China

第一机构：Peking Univ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Peking Univ, Dept Psychol, 5 Yiheyuan Rd Haidian Dist, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China.

年份：2015

卷号：16

期号：2

起止页码：302-313

外文期刊名：JOURNAL OF COGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84929505039);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000354315400007)】；

基金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 31170995, 31371040) and National Basic Research Program (973 Program: 2010CB833904).

语种：英文

摘要：Individual social differences have been addressed in recent studies, and the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is the major candidate in explaining various social phenotypes. To study the association between a well-known haplotype (rs53576) of OXTR and children's prosocial behavior and its relationship with theory of mind (ToM) ability, 87 children (aged 3 to 5 years old) participated in 3 prosocial tasks and ToM performance experiments. Participants who were homozygous for the G allele (GG) exhibited more prosocial behaviors than did those with 1 or 2 copies of the A allele (AA), and GG carriers also displayed better ToM ability than did AA individuals. Further tests showed differences between genotypes in helping and comforting, albeit not in sharing. The results demonstrated that OXTR rs53576 was related to individual differences in ToM and was associated with prosocial behavior.