In healthy men, intranasal oxytocin 24 I.U. increased positive attitudes toward the self compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn healthy men, oxytocin made positive attitudes toward themselves stronger than placebo did.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreasePositive self-attribution
- Study
n = 60
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Anxiety and mood · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- 24 I.U. · intranasalAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Oxytocin-treated participants reported stronger positive attitudes toward themselves compared to placebo.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty healthy male participants received either 24I.U. oxytocin or a placebo in a randomized double-blind study before completing a sorting task, in which they were instructed to co-classify, as fast as possible, positive and negative adjectives into either self or non-self categories.