The Power of Belief: Expectation-driven and Placebo Modulation of Empathic Pain
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Healthy Participants
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 30
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Other
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About This Trial
This study investigates how belief and expectation influence empathic pain-the pain we feel when observing others in distress. Healthy adult participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: no-treatment control, placebo nasal spray, oxytocin-containing nasal spray. Participants in both the placebo and oxytocin conditions will be informed that they are receiving oxytocin, described as…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* (1) Healthy subjects without any past or present psychiatric or neurological disorders; (2) Healthy subjects without any current psychotherapeutic medication.
Exclusion Criteria:
* (1) Participant with any past or present psychiatric or neurological disorders; (2)Participant…
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