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Personality-dependent effects of oxytocin: greater social benefits for high alexithymia scorers.

Luminet O, Grynberg D, Ruzette N, Mikolajczak M

Biological psychology17 Jun 2011Cited by 72 (Europe PMC)

PMID21641964 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.05.005 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-21641964
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Results from this study2

2 results from studies that gave the peptide. 2 results from people.

  1. 01HumanRandomized controlled trialEfficacy outcome

    In male students with lower alexithymia, performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test was equally good with oxytocin and placebo.

    In plain wordsIn male students with low alexithymia, oxytocin did not change eye-reading test scores compared with placebo.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    No significant changeReading the Mind in the Eyes test, lower alexithymia
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Comparator
    Placebo
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated

    Source sentences

    Summary
    whereas the performance of lower alexithymia individuals was equally good in both OT and PL conditions
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    We investigated the effects of OT on individuals of varying socio-emotional ability by randomly assigning sixty male students to receive either oxytocin (OT) or a placebo (PL), and had them perform the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET).
  2. 02HumanRandomized controlled trialEfficacy outcome

    In male students with higher alexithymia, performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test was better with oxytocin than with placebo.

    In plain wordsIn male students with high alexithymia, oxytocin gave better eye-reading test scores than placebo.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    IncreaseReading the Mind in the Eyes test, higher alexithymia
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Comparator
    Placebo
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated

    Source sentences

    Summary
    the performance of higher alexithymia people was better under OT than PL.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    We investigated the effects of OT on individuals of varying socio-emotional ability by randomly assigning sixty male students to receive either oxytocin (OT) or a placebo (PL), and had them perform the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET).

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 01:30 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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