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Oxytocin and the Punitive Hub—Dynamic Spread of Cooperation in Human Social Networks

Shiyi Li, Shuangmei Ma, Danyang Wang, Hejing Zhang, Yunzhu Li, Jiaxin Wang, Jingyi Li, Boyu Zhang, Jörg Gross, Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Wen-Xu Wang and Yina Ma
Journal of Neuroscience 27 July 2022, 42 (30) 5930-5943; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2303-21.2022
Shiyi Li
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
2IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
3Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Shuangmei Ma
4School of Systems Science and Center for Complexity Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Danyang Wang
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Hejing Zhang
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
2IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
3Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Yunzhu Li
4School of Systems Science and Center for Complexity Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Jiaxin Wang
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
2IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
3Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Jingyi Li
4School of Systems Science and Center for Complexity Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Boyu Zhang
4School of Systems Science and Center for Complexity Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Jörg Gross
5Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Carsten K. W. De Dreu
5Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands
6Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making, University of Amsterdam, 1000 GG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wen-Xu Wang
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
4School of Systems Science and Center for Complexity Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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Yina Ma
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
2IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
3Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
7Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing 100010, People's Republic of China
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2303-21.2022
PubMed 
35760532
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History 
  • Received November 22, 2021
  • Revision received May 25, 2022
  • Accepted May 31, 2022
  • First published June 27, 2022.
  • Version of record published July 27, 2022.
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  1. Shiyi Li1,2,3,
  2. Shuangmei Ma4,*,
  3. Danyang Wang1,*,
  4. Hejing Zhang1,2,3,
  5. Yunzhu Li4,
  6. Jiaxin Wang1,2,3,
  7. Jingyi Li4,
  8. Boyu Zhang4,
  9. Jörg Gross5,
  10. Carsten K. W. De Dreu5,6,
  11. Wen-Xu Wang1,4, and
  12. Yina Ma1,2,3,7
  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
  2. 2IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
  3. 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
  4. 4School of Systems Science and Center for Complexity Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
  5. 5Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands
  6. 6Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making, University of Amsterdam, 1000 GG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  7. 7Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing 100010, People's Republic of China
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: S.L., S.M., B.Z., W.-X.W., and Y.M. designed research; S.L., S.M., H.Z., Y.L., and J.L. performed research; S.L., D.W., J.W., and Y.M. analyzed data; S.L., D.W., J.G., C.K.W.D.D., and Y.M. wrote the paper.

  2. ↵*S.M. and D.W. contributed equally to this study.

Disclosures

    • Received November 22, 2021.
    • Revision received May 25, 2022.
    • Accepted May 31, 2022.
  • This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 32125019, 31771204 to Y.M.; Grant 72131003 to B.Z.); the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant 2022ZD0211000 to Y.M.); the Major Project of National Social Science Foundation (Grant 19ZDA363 to Y.M.); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant 2018EYT04 to Y.M.); the start-up funding from the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University (to Y.M.); and the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (ADG agreement 785635 to C.K.W.D.D.).

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Yina Ma at yma{at}bnu.edu.cn

Funding

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

    32125019; 31771204
  • MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs)

    2022ZD0211000
  • Major Project of National Social Science Foundation

    19ZDA363

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