Salivary alpha-amylase levels and hyperbolic discounting in male humans

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Takahashi, Taiki ^a   Ikeda, Koki ^a   Fukushima, Hirokata ^a   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylase; Decision making; Delay discounting; Hyperbolic discounting; Impulsivity; Intertemporal choice; Neuroeconomics; Self control; Time preference

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MONEY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF CONTROL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33847103495     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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