The aim of the present experiment is to examine oxytocin's behavioral and neural effects on social pain empathy
In the current study, the investigators plan to examine whether oxytocin modulates behavior and neural activity during observing another person being excluded in an online ball-tossing game (a modified cyberball paradigm).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
intranasal administration of oxytocin
intranasal administration of placebo
School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
RECRUITINGNeural activity changes associated with oxytocin administration
fMRI-assessed brain activity during observing other being socially excluded
Time frame: 45-60 minutes after drug administration
Behavioral changes associated with oxytocin administration: ball-tossing
Number of tosses to the other players (the excluder, new player, or previously excluded player)
Time frame: 45-60 minutes after drug administration
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