The impact of oxytocin administration and maternal love withdrawal on event-related potential (ERP) responses to emotional faces with performance feedback

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 399-410

  Huffmeijer, Renske ^a   Alink, Lenneke R A ^a   Tops, Mattie ^a   Grewen, Karen M ^b   Light, Kathleen C ^c   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional facial expressions; Event related potentials; Feedback; Love withdrawal; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL; LOVE; MALE; MOTHER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VERTEX POSITIVE POTENTIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBOS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875050965     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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