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We first consider how serotonin influences harm aversion in moral judgment and aversive processing more generally, and then examine how serotonin shapes behavioral responses to fairness and reciprocity.
In light of past studies suggesting serotonin enhances non-social aversive processing [ 27 29], we predicted that enhancing serotonin function would increase harm aversion for both oneself and others.
A role for dopamine in harm aversion is less clear.
Prior work suggests an influence of serotonin on harm aversion.
Counterclockwise rotations of the indifference curve thus result in increased harm aversion, whereas clockwise rotations of the indifference curve result in decreased harm aversion.
Next, we examined separately the drugs' effects on the harm aversion parameters.
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In addition, the excessive doubt frequently experienced by OCD patients [ 24, 27, 28], as well as their harm avoidance, risk aversion and anticipatory anxiety [ 29], are not characteristic of pathological gamblers.
Serotonin, meanwhile, appeared to have a more general effect on aversion to harm, not just a heightened concern for another person.
But why do we not imagine them on terms that human beings still live by? Were these early humans (or most animals and birds, for that matter), just objects gravitating towards food and sex, lacking any subjective capacity for affection, kindness, happiness, aversion to harm and perhaps, love?
Perhaps some diversity in aversion to harm is a good thing.
This research suggests that aversion to harm in personal moral dilemmas is at least partly mediated by emotional arousal.
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