How beliefs affect pain empathy

This study looks at how oxytocin, a natural hormone, influences the way we process emotions. Healthy volunteers will receive oxytocin to understand its effects on emotion and brain activity.

This study tests whether a nasal spray called oxytocin, combined with real-time brain imaging feedback, can help train a specific brain region involved in emotions and body awareness. Researchers will use MRI scans to show you your own brain activity in real time.

This study tests how a single dose of oxytocin affects nerve signals in your arm. It helps researchers understand how oxytocin might change the way your body senses touch or pain.

This study tests whether people can feel less pain when they know they are receiving a “placebo” (a treatment with no active pain-relieving medicine). It’s done in healthy adults by triggering short-lasting pain in a controlled way to see how the placebo effect changes pain feelings.

This early-phase study tests whether oxytocin (a hormone-like medication) can reduce how “appealing” opioids feel and also reduce pain. It’s aimed at older adults who have used opioids before but are not currently dealing with chronic pain most days.

This early trial studies whether Syntocinon can lower pain and help reduce how much opioids people use. It checks safety and the best dose by giving participants the study drug under close medical monitoring.