The role of oxytocin on self-serving lying.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The effects of intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and behavior are highly specific. Potentially situational and personal variables influence these effects. The aim of the present study was to investigate effects of oxytocin administration on self-serving lying, including situational effects.

Methods

A total of 161 adult males participated in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled between-subject intranasal oxytocin administration (24 international units) study. Self-serving lying was assessed using three subsequent rounds of the die-in-a-cup paradigm, in which different degrees of lying can be implemented by the participants that can be determined on group level.

Results

Oxytocin administration seemed to promo

SUBMITTER: Sindermann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010580 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature