Testosterone and unconscious positive priming increase human motivation separately

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1300-1303

  Aarts, Henk ^a   Van Honk, Jack ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human motivation; Subcortical and cortical paths; Subliminal positive priming; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD CHANGE; MOTIVATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349123061     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283308cdd     Document Type: Article

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