The Effects of Oxytocin on Affective Touch

Completed 50 enrolled University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

RandomizedCrossoverTriple-blindBasic science

Summary

The main aim of the study is to investigate whether intranasal oxytocin (24IU) increases the affective processing of touch in general or whether it's effect vary according to the affective valence of the touch (positive, neutral, negative). Moreover, associations with trait autism will be explored.

Timeline

Start: 2017-08-28
Primary completion: 2018-01-31
Completion: 2018-07-12

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Oxytocin	Peptide	24 iu	Intranasal

Indications

No indication recorded.