Effects of Oxytocin and Vasopressin on Moral Decision Making

Effects of Oxytocin and Vasopressin on Moral Decision Making

To determine whether the neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) and vassopressin (AVP) influence moral decision making

In a double-blind, between- subject placebo (PLC) controlled design, subjects will first complete a series of questionnaires in terms of mood, clinical symptoms, and traits. After that their moral judgment and emotion towards both verbal descriptions of moral dilemma scenarios and pictures of specific interpersonal ones will be assessed and the effect of intranasal OXT and AVP between both male and female healthy subjects will be investigated.

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy subjects without past or current psychiatric or neurological disorders

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy