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Intranasal oxytocin improves emotion recognition for youth with autism spectrum disorders.
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Background A diagnostic hallmark of autism spectrum disorders is a qualitative impairment in social communication and interaction. Deficits in the ability to recognize the emotions of others are believed to contribute to this. There is currently no effective treatment for these problems.Methods In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design, we administered oxytocin nasal spray (18 or 24 IU) or a placebo to 16 male youth aged 12 to 19 who were diagnosed with Autistic or Asperger's Disorder. Participants then completed the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task, a widely used and reliable test of emotion recognition.Results In comparison with placebo, oxytocin administration improved performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task. This effect was also shown when analysis was restricted to the younger participants aged 12 to 15 who received the lower dose.Conclusions This study provides the first evidence that oxytocin nasal spray improves emotion recognition in young people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Findings suggest the potential of earlier intervention and further evaluation of oxytocin nasal spray as a treatment to improve social communication and interaction in young people with autism spectrum disorders.
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“They argued that the concurrent activation of oxytocin, vasopressin, and dopamine receptor neurons during mating activities results in the formation of a conditioned partner preference. Specifically, oxytocin and vasopressin facilitate the processing of social cues necessary for partner recognition while dopamine plays a reinforcing role by signalling reward.”
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“Several trials have shown that a single dose of intranasal oxytocin enhanced performance on measures of social cognition10,11 or motivation,12–14 as compared with placebo, in persons with autism spectrum disorder.”
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“The neuromodulator oxytocin (OT) has been shown to improve social deficits in both ASD and other disorders accompanied by social deficits (Guastella et al., 2010, 2010; Hollander et al., 2002, 2007; Yatawara et al., 2015; Young and Barrett, 2015).”
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“Oxytocin may affect emotion recognition by increasing attention toward specific relevant cues, such as the eye region of faces (34).”
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“In individuals with autism, intranasal OT was shown to increase emotion recognition (13) and to increase feelings of trust and willingness to interact socially (16).”
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“Intranasal OT, currently the subject of multiple clinical trials (clinicaltrials.gov), has been identified as a treatment for developmental disorders involving social dysfunction, including autism spectrum disorders (13), social anxiety (14), and schizophrenia (15).”
From Chronic intranasal oxytocin causes long-term impairments in partner preference formation in male prairie voles (2013) · cites this paper as [13]
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“The acute effects of intranasal OT that we found here resemble those found in many human studies, consisting of an increase in pro-social behavior and engagement (specifically time spent in contact in males)(13,15,64–66).”
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“increase emotion recognition (Guastella et al., 2010)”
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“Although 4 studies showed positive short-term results of OXT administration on social responsiveness (following 4 or 5 weeks of OXT administration) [80–83]”
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“Results of OXT studies in children have overall been more equivocal with mixed results.”
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“For example, oxytocin has been shown to increase gazing time on the eye region33, and to improve performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task in adults and adolescents with ASD48,49.”
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“Moreover, previous studies showing oxytocin effects on emotion recognition, empathy, or face processing in adults with ASD had an average sample size of 21.5 participants48,50,51,86–88.”
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“Moreover, in subjects diagnosed with autism, a single intranasal administration of OXT might be able to improve, at least temporarily, emotion recognition abilities in the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test and the patients' ability to process socially relevant cues in a computer-based game (Andari et al, 2010;Green and Hollander, 2010;Guastella et al, 2010).”
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“IN-OT enhances emotion recognition and theory of mind in ASD (Aoki et al. 2014; Guastella et al. 2010), and gaze to the eyes in ASD and in healthy subjects (Auyeung et al. 2015).”
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“Exogenous oxytocin in humans also appears to have behavioural effects, particularly in such social deficit-related psychiatric disorders as autism and schizophrenia9–13.”
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“OT's dampening effect on amygdala activity, regardless of emotional valence, may underlie reported improvements in social behavior (Yatawara et al., 2015) and cognition (Davis et al., 2013; Guastella et al., 2010) after IN OT via these two levels of action.”
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“Prior research using a similar sample size (n=16) demonstrated that intranasal oxytocin improves RMET performance in male adolescents with ASD;19 however, we did not observe an effect on RMET performance in the present older sample of adult males with ASD.”
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“For comparison, after placebo administration the present sample scored 65.7% correct on the RMET, whereas previous research examining the impact of oxytocin in an ASD population reported scores of approximately 45% correct RMET items.19”
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“and 'easy' items (Guastella et al., 2010)”
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“Previous studies indicate that the level of autistic traits moderates the effects of oxytocin on the evaluation of others' emotions when the task is relatively difficult (Bartz et al., 2010;Guastella et al., 2010).”
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“This finding is consistent with previous suggestions that oxytocin enhances performance on subjectively difficult tasks (Domes et al., 2007;Guastella et al., 2010).”
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“improves the recognition and memory of social–emotional information [173,174]”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Guastella, A. J., Einfeld, S. L., Gray, K. M., Rinehart, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Lambert, T. J., & Hickie, I. B.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Guastella, Adam J.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Biological Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 692-694
- ISSN
- 0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2051587828
- Cited by
- 962
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 56 · 2017: 68 · 2016: 70 · 2015: 95 · 2014: 99 · 2013: 85 · 2012: 74
- FWCI
- 67.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Brain & Mind Research Institute and National Health and Medical Research Council Project (570897)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- intranasal oxytocin, autism spectrum disorder, Asperger syndrome, emotion recognition, social communication, Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, adolescents, social cognition, early intervention
- MeSH terms
- Administration, Intranasal, Administration, Topical, Adolescent, Affect, Autistic Disorder, Child, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Male, Oxytocin, Cross-Over Studies, Recognition, Psychology, Young Adult
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