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WithdrawnNCT02361177

Role of Oxytocin in Telling and Detecting Lies

Status
Withdrawn
Phase
EARLY_Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
Sex
Male
Age
18 Years – 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The investigators are interested in the impact of intranasal oxytocin in unethical behavior.

Detailed description

The objective of this project is to further explore the role of oxytocin in moral judgment and ethical behavior. Oxytocin is a peptide hormone produced in a variety of hypothalamic neurons. It is released into the brain or brought into general circulation through sensory stimuli in a pulsatile fashion. In social psychology research, oxytocin is hypothesized to coordinate both the causes and effects of positive social interactions in a biofeedback loop.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGOxytocinIntranasal oxytocin is hypothesized to amplify the influence of social norms on unethical behavior.

Timeline

Start date
2016-01-01
Primary completion
2016-04-01
Completion
2016-04-01
First posted
2015-02-11
Last updated
2016-06-13

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02361177. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.