Statistical and Methodological Considerations for the Interpretation of Intranasal Oxytocin Studies

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 251-257

  Walum, Hasse ^a,b   Waldman, Irwin D ^a   Young, Larry J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Effect size; Neuroendocrinology; Positive predictive value; Social cognition; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84955620860     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.06.016     Document Type: Review

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