Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Duke-affiliated Author "Platt, Michael Louis"

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Same-Sex Gaze Attraction Influences Mate-Choice Copying in Humans

Yorzinski, Jessica; Platt, Michael (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2010)

Mate-choice copying occurs when animals rely on the mating choices of others to inform their own mating decisions. The proximate mechanisms underlying mate-choice copying remain unknown. To address this question, we tracked ...
Serotonin Transporter Genotype Modulates Social Reward and Punishment in Rhesus Macaques

Watson, Karli; Platt, Michael (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2009)

Background: Serotonin signaling influences social behavior in both human and nonhuman primates. In humans, variation upstream of the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) has recently been shown to ...