In a dictator game, intranasal oxytocin increased goodness ratings only toward dictators with hyperfair intention versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn a social game, oxytocin raised how good people rated others, but only others who meant to be very fair, compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseGoodness ratings of dictators with hyperfair intention
- 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 showed that the effect of OT on social judgment was modulated by intention: OT increased goodness ratings only towards dictators with hyperfair intention.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled experiment, participants were asked to play the role of the recipient in a dictator game and to make social judgments about the dictator after intranasal OT administration.