Testosterone shifts the balance between sensitivity for punishment and reward in healthy young women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 937-943

  Van Honk, Jack ^a   Schutter, Dennis J L G ^a   Hermans, Erno J ^a   Putman, Peter ^a   Tuiten, Adriaan ^a   Koppeschaar, Hans ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IOWA gambling task; Psychopathy; Punishment sensitivity; Reward dependency; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PUNISHMENT; REWARD;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; PUNISHMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; REWARD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 2642555327     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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