Trial reportSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2013
Religion priming differentially increases prosocial behavior among variants of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene.
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- Cumulative Dopaminergic Genetic Effects on Empathy Development in Emerging Adults.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Genetic Differences in Reactivity to the Environment Impact Psychotic-Like and Affective Reactivity in Daily Life.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Article
- Genes, culture, and neural sensitivity to norm violations: a DRD4 × culture interaction study.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2025Article
- A review of the neuroscience of religion: an overview of the field, its limitations, and future interventions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- The gray matter volume of the temporoparietal junction varies across cultures: a moderating role of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4).Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2020Article
- Cognitive flexibility and religious disbelief.Psychological research · 2019Article
- Reward, salience, and attentional networks are activated by religious experience in devout Mormons.Social neuroscience · 2018Article
- Culture Embrained: Going Beyond the Nature-Nurture Dichotomy.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2017Review
- Effects of Religious Priming Concepts on Prosocial Behavior Towards Ingroup and Outgroup.Europe's journal of psychology · 2016Article
- Dopamine-System Genes and Cultural Acquisition: The Norm Sensitivity Hypothesis.Current opinion in psychology · 2016Article
- Dopamine D4 receptor gene and religious affiliation correlate with dictator game altruism in males and not females: evidence for gender-sensitive gene × culture interaction.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2015Article
- Does self-construal predict activity in the social brain network? A genetic moderation effect.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2014Article
- Functional associations among G protein-coupled neurotransmitter receptors in the human brain.BMC neuroscience · 2014Article
- The role of D4 receptor gene exon III polymorphisms in shaping human altruism and prosocial behavior.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2013Article
- Constraints, Catalysts and Coevolution in Cultural Neuroscience: Reply to Commentaries.Psychological inquiry · 2013Article
- Cultural Neuroscience: Progress and Promise.Psychological inquiry · 2013Article
- Love thy Aged? A State-Level Analysis of Religiosity and Mobility in Aging Populations During the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.Journal of aging and healthArticle
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Abstract
Building on gene-environment interaction (G × E) research, this study examines how the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene interacts with a situational prime of religion to influence prosocial behavior. Some DRD4 variants tend to be more susceptible to environmental influences, whereas other variants are less susceptible. Thus, certain life environments may be associated with acts of prosociality for some DRD4 variants but not others. Given that religion can act as an environmental influence that increases prosocial behavior, environmental input in the form of religion priming may have G × E effects. Results showed that participants with DRD4 susceptibility variants were more prosocial when implicitly primed with religion than not primed with religion, whereas participants without DRD4 susceptibility variants were not impacted by priming. This research has implications for understanding why different people may behave prosocially for different reasons and also integrates G × E research with experimental psychology.
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