Motivational and situational factors and the relationship between testosterone dynamics and human aggression during competition

Biological Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Carré, Justin M ^a   Gilchrist, Jenna D ^a   Morrissey, Mark D ^a   McCormick, Cheryl M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Human competition; Intrinsic reward; Testosterone dynamics

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REWARD; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952988441     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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