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Rewards of beauty: the opioid system mediates social motivation in humans

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We thank MH Sneve, T Karlsson and S Aminihajibashi for technical assistance; I Olsen, L Bachs, V Vindenes and E Øiestad for pharmacological advice; J Gjerstad for help with genotyping; and Drs M Kringelbach, B Bastian, L Thomsen and G Overskeid for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript. The project was funded by grant number ES455867 to S Leknes from the Research Council of Norway.

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    O Chelnokova, B Laeng, M Eikemo, J Riegels, G Løseth, H Maurud & S Leknes

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    F Willoch & S Leknes

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Chelnokova, O., Laeng, B., Eikemo, M. et al. Rewards of beauty: the opioid system mediates social motivation in humans. Mol Psychiatry 19, 746–747 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2014.1

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