Testosterone and cortisol levels in university students reflect actual rather than estimated number of wrong answers on written exam

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-581

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a   Příplatová, Lenka ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biosocial hypothesis; Competition; Consciousness; Dominance; Steroids; Stress; Subconsciousness

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 77957885912     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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