The more socially comfortable participants performed well on the empathic accuracy task regardless of whether they were on oxytocin or placebo, but less socially proficient participants performed significantly better on oxytocin, with their empathetic accuracy performance identical to that of the socially proficient participants. Prof Jennifer Bartz, of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said: 'Oxytocin is widely believed to make all people more empathic and understanding of others. 'Our
study contradicts that. Instead, oxytocin appears to be helpful only for those who are less socially proficient. 'Our data show that oxytocin selectively improves social cognition in people who are less socially proficient, but had little impact on more socially proficient individuals.'While more research is required, these results highlight the potential oxytocin holds for treating social deficits in people with disorders marked by deficits in social
在同样的条件下，在社交场所，表现“不自信的人”比起表现“自信的人”要更依赖“催产素”。有研究学者说，催产素使得人们在社交场所更加活跃，也变得更加通情达理。研究者还强调，催产素并非对所有的人都有效果，（只针对有少许自卑的人来说有效果，对能说会道的社交蝴蝶来说却收效甚微）。
（编译：韦方苑）
Vocabulary：
emphatic adj. 着重的；加强语气的；显著的
将本页收藏到：
上一篇：省房租有绝招:伦敦上班族城市露营
下一篇：身材越好 头脑越聪明?
