Effect of Oxytocin Nasal Sprays on Social Behavior in Social Anxiety Disorder
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how the hormone, oxytocin, impacts social
behavior in terms of cooperation with others, attention processing, and reward processing,
among patients with social anxiety disorder. Based on available research, the investigators
predict that in patients with social anxiety disorder, oxytocin will improve social
cooperation during an online ball-tossing game called Cyberball, reduce attention toward
socially threatening cues during a dot-probe task, and lead to greater willingness to work
for monetary rewards for others rather than themselves during an effort expenditure task.