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Study · Randomized controlled trial · 2017

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Oxytocin promotes attention to social cues regardless of group membership.

Pfundmair M, Zwarg C, Paulus M, Rimpel A

Hormones and behavior23 Mar 2017Cited by 18 (Europe PMC)

PMID28322748 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.03.006 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-28322748
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Summary

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Results from this study3

3 results from studies that gave the peptide. 3 results from people.

  1. 01HumanRandomized controlled trialEfficacy outcome

    In participants, intranasal oxytocin increased gaze durations toward social but not nonsocial stimuli, whereas fixation durations under placebo did not differ between stimuli.

    In plain wordsIn people given oxytocin, gaze stayed longer on social cues than on other objects; with placebo, gaze time did not differ between them.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    IncreaseGaze duration toward social stimuli
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Comparator
    Placebo
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated · intranasalAs given in this study (human).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    participants administered OT increased gaze durations toward social but not nonsocial stimuli.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    After participants intranasally self-administered OT or placebo, they were eye-tracked while observing a nonsocial and social cues that were assigned to the in- or out-group by a minimal group paradigm.
  2. 02HumanRandomized controlled trialEfficacy outcome

    In participants, intranasal oxytocin did not increase gaze durations toward nonsocial stimuli.

    In plain wordsIn people given oxytocin, gaze did not stay longer on non-social objects.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    No significant changeGaze duration toward nonsocial stimuli
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Comparator
    Placebo
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated · intranasalAs given in this study (human).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    participants administered OT increased gaze durations toward social but not nonsocial stimuli.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    After participants intranasally self-administered OT or placebo, they were eye-tracked while observing a nonsocial and social cues that were assigned to the in- or out-group by a minimal group paradigm.
  3. 03HumanRandomized controlled trialEfficacy outcome

    In participants given oxytocin, in-group- and out-group-related social cues were fixated equally long, so no in-group bias occurred at early processing.

    In plain wordsIn people given oxytocin, in-group and out-group social cues drew the same gaze time early on.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    No significant changeIn-group bias in early attention to social cues
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Comparator
    Out-group-related social cues
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated · intranasalAs given in this study (human).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    In this early stage of processing, no in-group bias occurred: in-group- and out-group-related social cues were fixated equally long.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    After participants intranasally self-administered OT or placebo, they were eye-tracked while observing a nonsocial and social cues that were assigned to the in- or out-group by a minimal group paradigm.

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 01:30 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:49 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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