Intranasal inhalation of oxytocin improves face processing in developmental prosopagnosia

Cortex

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-63

  Bate, Sarah ^a   Cook, Sarah J ^b   Duchaine, Bradley ^c   Tree, Jeremy J ^d   Burns, Edwin J ^d   Hodgson, Timothy L ^e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental prosopagnosia; Face processing; Face recognition; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDIMENSIONAL MOOD QUESTIONNAIRE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL PROSOPAGNOSIA; DRUG EFFECT; FACE; FACE PROCESSING; FACE RECOGNITION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

DEVELOPMENTAL PROSOPAGNOSIA; FACE PROCESSING; FACE RECOGNITION; OXYTOCIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCIN; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84939647083     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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