The 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine enhances early visual processing for salient socio-emotional stimuli.

ABSTRACT: The 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has long been used non-medically, and it is currently under investigation for its potential therapeutic benefits. Both uses may be related to its ability to enhance empathy, sociability, emotional processing and its anxiolytic effects. However, the neural mechanisms underlying these effects, and their specificity to MDMA compared to other stimulants, are not yet fully understood. Here, using electroencephalography (EEG), we investigated the effects of MDMA and a prototypic stimulant, methamphetamine (MA), on early visual processing of socio-emotional stimuli in an oddball emotional faces paradigm. Specifically, we examined whether MDMA or MA enhance the processing of facial expressions, compared to placebo, during the early stages of visual perc

SUBMITTER: Haggarty CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406194 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature