Testosterone administration decreases generosity in the ultimatum game

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Zak, Paul J ^a   Kurzban, Robert ^b   Ahmadi, Sheila ^c   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^d   Park, Jang ^a   Efremidze, Levan ^a   Redwine, Karen ^a   Morgan, Karla ^e   Matzner, William ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ALTRUISM; DECISION MAKING; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949526145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008330     Document Type: Article

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