In participants naive to the procedure, intranasal oxytocin increased aggressive responses in a monetary game compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn participants new to the game, nasal oxytocin led to more aggressive choices than placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseAggressive responses in the Social Orientation Paradigm
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Social behavior and cognition · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intranasalAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The results indicated that among subjects naïve to the procedure oxytocin increased aggressive responses in comparison with placebo.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In the current double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject study design, 45 participants completed the SOP task following the administration of oxytocin or placebo.