In patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, participants were more accurate in judging intimacy and kinship after oxytocin than after placebo.
In plain wordsIn patients with schizophrenia and healthy people, one dose of oxytocin made them more accurate at judging intimacy and kinship than placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseAccuracy of judging intimacy and kinship (all participants)
- Study
n = 81
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Social behavior and cognition · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- 24 IU · intranasal · single doseAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Overall, the participants were more accurate in judging intimacy and kinship following the administration of oxytocin, as opposed to a placebo.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty-five patients diagnosed with schizophrenia were compared with 46 psychologically healthy matched controls on their recognition of kinship and intimacy, using the Interpersonal Perception Task.
All participants received a single intranasal dose of 24 IU oxytocin or placebo, one week apart.