Testosterone administration reduces empathetic behavior: A facial mimicry study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 859-866

  Hermans, Erno Jan ^a   Putman, Peter ^b   van Honk, Jack ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Empathy; Facial electromyography; Mimicry; Psychopathy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33745225908     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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