Effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin on visual attention to faces vs. natural scenes in older adults.

ABSTRACT: Aging is associated with changes in face processing, including desensitization to face cues like gaze direction and an attentional preference to faces with positive over negative emotional valence. A parallel line of research has shown that acute administration of oxytocin (OT) increases visual attention to social stimuli such as human faces. The current study examined effects of chronic OT administration among older adults on fixation duration to faces that varied in emotional expression, gaze direction, age, and sex. One hundred and twelve generally healthy older adults (aged 55-95 years) underwent a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, between-subject clinical trial in which they self-administered either OT or placebo (P) intranasally twice a day for 4 weeks. The behavioral tas

SUBMITTER: Shoenfelt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11699979 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature