RATIONALE: The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) has been shown to modulate a variety of human social behaviors. However, little is known about its impact on emotional memory processing. Previous research demonstrated both memory-enhancing and memory-impairing oxytocinergic effects. METHODS: We investigated the influence of a single (prior to encoding) and a repeated (prior to encoding and retrieval) intranasal administration of OXT on recognition memory for stimuli taken from the International Affective Picture System. In addition, we assessed the interaction of emotion regulation during encoding and OXT-induced memory effects. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled design, 80 healthy young males performed an emotion regulation task followed by a surprising recognition memory task after 60 min. RESULTS: Results show that repeated OXT administration significantly improved memory certainty for negative social stimuli. Regarding the influence of emotion regulation, the promnestic effect of OXT was more pronounced when participants had been instructed to increase their negative emotions during encoding. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that OXT facilitates the processing of negative social stimuli during memory encoding and retrieval, possibly by enhancing the perception of aversive aspects in social situations.
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RATIONALE: The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) has been shown to modulate a variety of human social behaviors. However, little is known about its impact on emotional memory processing. Previous research demonstrated both memory-enhancing and memory-impairing oxytocinergic effects. METHODS: We investigated the influence of a single (prior to encoding) and a repeated (prior to encoding and retrieval) intranasal administration of OXT on recognition memory for stimuli taken from the International Affective Picture System. In addition, we assessed the interaction of emotion regulation during encoding and OXT-induced memory effects. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled design, 80 healthy young males performed an emotion regulation task followed by a surprising recognition memory task after 60 min. RESULTS: Results show that repeated OXT administration significantly improved memory certainty for negative social stimuli. Regarding the influence of emotion regulation, the promnestic effect of OXT was more pronounced when participants had been instructed to increase their negative emotions during encoding. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that OXT facilitates the processing of negative social stimuli during memory encoding and retrieval, possibly by enhancing the perception of aversive aspects in social situations.
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