Post-learning intranasal oxytocin modulates human memory for facial identity

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Savaskan, Egemen ^a   Ehrhardt, Rike ^b   Schulz, André ^b   Walter, Marc ^c   Schächinger, Hartmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Facial expression; Identity; Memory; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 39149122178     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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