Null results of oxytocin and vasopressin administration on mentalizing in a large fMRI sample: evidence from a randomized controlled trial.
Mark A StracciaAdam R TeedPerri L KatzmanKevin M TanMichael H ParrishMichael R IrwinNaomi I EisenbergerMatthew D LiebermanBenjamin A TabakPublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Results add to a growing literature demonstrating that intranasal administration of OT and AVP may have a more limited effect on social cognition, at both the behavioral and neural level, than initially assumed. Randomized controlled trial registrations: ClinicalTrials.gov; NCT02393443; NCT02393456; NCT02394054.