According to the In Focus box, ''Gender Differences in Responding to Stress,'' a study investigating the effect of hormones on stress reduction found that healthy men who received a dose of the hormone _____ before being subjected to a stressful procedure were less anxious and had lower cortisol levels than the men who received a placebo.

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The study investigated the effect of hormones on stress reduction and found that healthy men who received a dose of oxytocin before being subjected to a stressful procedure were less anxious and had lower cortisol levels than the men who received a placebo. The other hormone options (B, C, and D) were not mentioned in the study.

According to the in Focus Box, ''Gender Differences in Responding