In a systematic review of human studies, intranasal oxytocin altered social decision making, processing of social stimuli, social behaviors such as eye contact, and social memory.
In plain wordsA review of human studies found that oxytocin nasal spray changed social decisions, how social cues are processed, eye contact and social memory.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedProsocial effects of intranasal oxytocin
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intranasalAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
After a short discussion of the evolutionary history of the oxytocin system, critical aspects of its peripheral and central physiology, and several salient technical issues surrounding human oxytocin research, a systematic review of studies of the effects of intranasal oxytocin in humans is presented.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
These effects include alterations in social decision making, processing of social stimuli, certain uniquely social behaviors (e.g., eye contact), and social memory.