Oxytocin increases eye-gaze towards novel social and non-social stimuli.

ABSTRACT: Research on oxytocin (OT) has revealed a substantial involvement of this neuropeptide in social cognition processes and attachment behavior. The rationale of the present project was to decipher the differential role of OT in basic social cognition processes towards non-erotic attachment stimuli vs. reproduction-related stimuli in human subjects. In a randomized double-blind repeated-measures cross-over design, N = 82 participants were investigated twice and received either intranasal OT or placebo at the first assessment followed by placebo or OT at second assessment. Participants were presented with standardized pictures of parent-child dyads, romantic couples engaging in non-erotic or explicit sexual activities, and non-social pictures while we assessed pupil dilation and eye focus on sp

SUBMITTER: Eckstein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494727 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature