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Crockett et al (2010) start learning		the effect of serotonin on prosocial behaviour
Aim start learning		to investigate the effect of serotonin on prosocial behaviour
Participants start learning		30 healthy volunteers
Method and design start learning		Experiment; repeated measures design
Procedure 1/2 start learning		-In condition 1 participants were given a dose of an SSRI (selective serotonine reuptake inhibitor). -In condition 2 participants were given a placebo
Procedure 2/2 start learning		-After taking the drug, participants were given a series of moral dilemmas (the personal or impersonal trolley problem), which made them choose between saving 5 people and letting 1 person be killed
Results start learning		In the impersonal scenario participants’ responses were unaffected by SSRI. In the personal scenario SSRI made participants less likely to interfere (that is, less likely to push the man off the bridge)

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