Hormonal responses differ when playing violent video games against an ingroup and outgroup

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Oxford, Jonathan ^a   Ponzi, Davidé ^a   Geary, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Ingroup; Male male competition; Testosterone; Video game

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951937938     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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