Healthy participants.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Open-label placebo. Subjects are given a nasal spray, which is referred to as a placebo. Afterwards, the participants look at pictures in which people are depicted in painful situations and
Sponsors
Medical School Berlin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: None
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Psychiatric or neurological history
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| First primary endpoint: empathy when observing painful images. This is measured directly after each picture by asking how much one empathizes with the person (mean value). Second primary endpoint: prosocial behavior in the dictator game. This is measured directly by the mean value of social decisions in the dictator game. Third primary endpoint: test of prosocial behavior. This is measured at the end of the experiment by asking how many minutes one would be available for an alleged further experiment. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMichael Schaefer
Medical School Berlin
Outcome results
None listed