Intranasal oxytocin enhances EEG mu rhythm desynchronization during execution and observation of social action: An exploratory study.

ABSTRACT: Intranasal administration of oxytocin (OT) has been found to facilitate prosocial behaviors, emotion recognition and cooperation between individuals. Recent electroencephalography (EEG) investigations have reported enhanced mu rhythm (alpha: 8-13 Hz; beta: 15-25 Hz) desynchronization during the observation of biological motion and stimuli probing social synchrony after the administration of intranasal OT. This hormone may therefore target a network of cortical circuits involved in higher cognitive functions, including the mirror neuron system (MNS). Here, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, between-subjects exploratory study, we investigated whether intranasal OT modulates the cortical activity from sensorimotor areas during the observation and the execution of social and non-social gra

SUBMITTER: Festante F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6897365 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature