Journal article
The Oxytocin Receptor Gene (OXTR) and Face Recognition
Roeland J Verhallen, Jenny M Bosten, Patrick T Goodbourn, Adam J Lawrance-Owen, Gary Bargary, JD Mollon
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
A recent study has linked individual differences in face recognition to rs237887, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the oxytocin receptor gene ( OXTR; Skuse et al., 2014). In that study, participants were assessed using the Warrington Recognition Memory Test for Faces, but performance on Warrington's test has been shown not to rely purely on face recognition processes. We administered the widely used Cambridge Face Memory Test-a purer test of face recognition-to 370 participants. Performance was not significantly associated with rs237887, with 16 other SNPs of OXTR that we genotyped, or with a further 75 imputed SNPs. We also administered three other tests of face processing (the Moo..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Gatsby Charitable Foundation Grant GAT2903.