In men, oxytocin nasal spray had no effect on pupil diameter in response to dynamic facial expressions versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn men, oxytocin nasal spray did not change pupil size when viewing facial expressions compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changePupil diameter in response to dynamic facial expressions
- Study
n = 94
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · nasal sprayAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Contrary to prediction, there was no effect of OT administration on pupil diameter.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Ninety-four male participants took part in the double-blind, placebo controlled, mixed-design study, in which they self-administered either an OT or PL nasal spray before viewing naturalistic dynamic facial expressions of emotion (happy, sad, fear and anger).