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Positive expectation and the affective system: The role of prefrontal control and attention

Positive expectation and the affective system: The role of prefrontal control and attention

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00027289
Enrollment
55
Registered
2022-01-18
Start date
2022-01-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

healthy participants

Interventions

Group 1: within-subject design Day 1: fMRI measurement with intra-nasal saline solution introduced as oxytocin. Day 2: fMRI measurement with intra-nasal saline solution introduced as saline. Group 2

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: MRI compatible medical information and signed declaration of consent no current intake of prescribed medication no history of psychiatric or neurological disorders

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: medical information and signed declaration of consent current intake of central nervous system active drugs

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome is to examine the effects of positive expectation on mood, reaction time data, and brain responses to non-task related facial expressions. The following data will be collected: Screening: - psychometric questionnaires - cognitive control task Day 1 and day 2: - expectation assessment - Mood reports - fMRI - eye tracking - experience assessment - behavioral data from emotion-interference task.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
fixation/gaze behaviors during the perceiving of face stimuli

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJoshua Baker

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

j.baker@uke.de040 7410 54865

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026