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Oxytocin does not improve emotional prosody recognition in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
Brandon J Chuang1, Timothy R Campellone2, Joshua D Woolley2,3
1University of California, Berkeley Department of Psychology, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Abstract:
Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) are associated with deficits in emotional prosody recognition. Whether administration of oxytocin can improve emotional prosody recognition accuracy in SSD is unknown. Sixty individuals with SSD and ninety-seven controls completed a placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over trial examining the effects of oxytocin on emotional prosody recognition accuracy. Compared to controls, SSD was associated with poorer emotional prosody recognition accuracy, regardless of stimulus valence or intensity, suggesting a generalized deficit. Oxytocin had no effect on emotional prosody recognition in either group, which is consistent with previous work suggesting that oxytocin only improves high-level social cognition in SSD.
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