Intranasal oxytocin enhances positive self-attribution in healthy men

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 415-419

  Colonnello, Valentina ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intranasal; Oxytocin; Self; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELF ATTRIBUTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GERMANY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERCEPTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84923397785     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.06.016     Document Type: Article

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