The Influence of Oxytocin on Socio-communicative Sensitivity
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-07-30
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide that acts as a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator in the
brain. Previous studies have shown that intranasal administration of OT improves social
cognition and behavior (e.g. emotion recognition). In the current study, we want to gain more
insight into the underlying mechanisms by which OT influences emotion recognition. More
specifically, we will investigate whether intranasal administration of OT enhances the
salience of social (compared to non-social) information and whether it increases the neural
sensitivity for subtle socio-emotional cues, by recording scalp electroencephalography (EEG)
during Fast Periodic Visual Stimulation (FPVS).