The role of oxytocin in delay of gratification and flexibility in non-social decision making.

ABSTRACT: Oxytocin is well-known for its impact on social cognition. This specificity for the social domain, however, has been challenged by findings suggesting a domain-general allostatic function for oxytocin by promoting future-oriented and flexible behavior. In this pre-registered study, we tested the hypothesized domain-general function of oxytocin by assessing the impact of intranasal oxytocin (24 IU) on core aspects of human social (inequity aversion) and non-social decision making (delay of gratification and cognitive flexibility) in 49 healthy volunteers (within-subject design). In intertemporal choice, patience was higher under oxytocin than under placebo, although this difference was evident only when restricting the analysis to the first experimental session (between-group comparison) du

SUBMITTER: Kapetaniou GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8024008 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature