Oxytocin and empathic behavior.
Completed
- Conditions
- empathy and emotional processing
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22193
- Lead Sponsor
- Performer, Leiden University Medical Centre
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
1. Male;
2. Age 18 - 35;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Major physical illness such as heart problems, high blood pressure, diabetis, epilepsy, liver disease, or any other serious medical condition;
2. Current or past (< 5 years) psychiatric disorders, as assessed by selfreport;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Electromyographic (EMG) responses to presented happy and angry faces;<br /><br>2. Attentional bias to happy and anxious faces over neutral faces;<br /><br>3. The amount of distraction by emotional pictures compared to neutral pictures during a working memory task.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of oxytocin administration will be compared between<br>subjects that score high or low on questionnaires measuring, anxiety, depression, empathy and autistic traits.