Trial reportPsychopharmacology2020
Acute effects of oxytocin in music performance anxiety: a crossover, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- The application of virtual reality exposure versus relaxation training in music performance anxiety: a randomized controlled study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Humming and Homeostasis: Insights from Infants, Mothers, Mantras and Caregiving.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The influence of music performance anxiety on career expectations of early musical career students: self-efficacy as a moderator.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- It's not a virus! Reconceptualizing and de-pathologizing music performance anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Treatments and regulatory mechanisms of acoustic stimuli on mood disorders and neurological diseases.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Effects of intranasal oxytocin on the self-perception and anxiety of singers during a simulated public singing performance: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Preliminary Assessment of Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning Model Applied to Music Performance Anxiety in College Piano Majors.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Links Between the Neurobiology of Oxytocin and Human Musicality.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Review
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Abstract
rationaleIndividuals with music performance anxiety (MPA) present physical, behavioral, and cognitive manifestations of anxiety, in addition to information processing deficits, especially in facial emotion recognition (FER).
objectivesTo assess the effects of a single dose of intranasal oxytocin (24 IU) on FER in a sample of musicians with high and low MPA (primary outcome), as well as indicators of mood/anxiety and self-assessed performance (secondary outcomes).
methodsCrossover, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 43 male musicians with different levels of MPA. Participants completed a static facial emotion recognition task and self-rated mood and performance scales. Data were analyzed using ANOVA 2 × 0 for crossover trials and the Omnibus test (measure of separability between intervention and carryover effects).
resultsOnly musicians with high MPA treated with oxytocin had a higher accuracy in the recognition of happiness (p < 0.03; d > 0.72). No effects of oxytocin were found on mood indicators or on self-perceived performance, regardless of MPA level.
conclusionsThe results indicate possible benefits of the acute treatment with oxytocin in MPA, which may improve the management of this common and disabling condition that affects professional musicians. The appropriate perception of positive feedback may increase confidence and feelings of social acceptance, reducing symptoms associated with the condition. The lack of effects on mood/anxiety and cognition may be explained by the context-dependent characteristic of the effects of oxytocin, since the experiment did not represent an actual situation of social threat.
trial registrationBrazilian Clinical Trials Registry (Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos): No. RBR-9cph2q.
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