Table 1.

Memory performance after oxytocin and placebo for faces and nonsocial stimuli

Oxytocin Placebo tp
MeanSEMMeanSEM
Faces
    Hit rate remember0.460.040.400.041.0010.323
    False alarm rate remember0.090.020.080.020.2990.767
    Hit rate know0.290.020.300.03−0.4240.674
    False alarm rate know0.200.020.260.03−2.0300.049*
    Recollection0.370.040.320.031.0350.307
    Familiarity0.330.030.220.032.5040.017*
    Overall recognition0.460.030.360.032.2870.028*
Nonsocial
    Hit rate remember0.560.040.530.040.6580.515
    False alarm rate remember0.110.020.100.020.5610.578
    Hit rate know0.220.030.250.02−0.8220.416
    False alarm rate know0.220.020.230.03−0.2150.831
    Recollection0.450.040.430.040.4610.648
    Familiarity0.240.030.270.020.8590.396
    Overall recognition0.440.040.440.030.0350.973
  • Overall recognition memory = hit rate (remember + know) − false alarm rate (remember + know). Recollection = hit rate (remember) − false alarm rate (remember). Familiarity = (hit rate know/(1 − hit rate remember)) − (false alarm rate know/(1 − false alarm rate remember)).

  • The right two columns indicate results from pairwise statistical comparisons.

  • *p < 0.05, significant differences between oxytocin and placebo in memory measures for faces, but not for nonsocial stimuli.