In White Brazilian participants, oxytocin administration raised the rate of refraining from shooting unarmed Black targets to levels similar to White targets in a first-person shooter task.
In plain wordsIn White Brazilian adults, oxytocin made them less likely to shoot unarmed Black targets, to a level like White targets, in a shooter task.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseRefraining from shooting unarmed Black targets
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
OT administration enhanced the social salience of the outgroup, by both increasing the rate at which participants refrained from shooting unarmed Black targets to levels similar to White targets, and by further increasing the rate of correct decisions to shoot armed Black targets (versus White armed targets).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, White Brazilian participants completed a first-person shooter task to assess their responses towards potential threat from racial ingroup (White) or outgroup (Black) members.