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Study · Randomized controlled trial · 2013

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Face or body? Oxytocin improves perception of emotions from facial expressions in incongruent emotional body context.

Perry A, Aviezer H, Goldstein P, Palgi S, Klein E, Shamay-Tsoory SG

Psychoneuroendocrinology18 Aug 2013Cited by 14 (Europe PMC)

PMID23962953 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.07.001 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-23962953
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Summary

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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 healthy adults, oxytocin gave an advantage to the face over the body context when emotions were judged from facial expressions.

    In plain wordsIn healthy adults, oxytocin made the face count more than the body context when judging emotions.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    IncreaseEmotion recognition from faces in incongruent body context
    Study

    n: not reported in source

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

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Our results show that in the combined process of deciphering emotions from facial expressions and from context, OT gives an advantage to the face.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    To examine whether and how OT affects emotion recognition, we investigated the role of OT in categorizing facial expressions in incongruent body contexts.
  2. 02HumanRandomized controlled trialEfficacy outcome

    The oxytocin-related advantage to the face was most evident when the target face and the contextually expected face were perceptually similar.

    In plain wordsThe face advantage under oxytocin was strongest when the face and the expected face looked alike.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    IncreaseFace advantage when target face and expected face are perceptually similar
    Study

    n: not reported in source

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

    Source sentences

    Summary
    This advantage is most evident when the target face and the contextually expected face are perceptually similar.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    To examine whether and how OT affects emotion recognition, we investigated the role of OT in categorizing facial expressions in incongruent body contexts.

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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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