Testosterone biases automatic memory processes in women towards potential mates

NeuroImage

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-120

  van Wingen, Guido ^a,b   Mattern, Claudia ^c   Verkes, Robbert Jan ^b   Buitelaar, Jan ^b   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c M et P Pharma AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SUBICULUM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 52049109404     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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