Arginine Vasopressin selectively enhances recognition of sexual cues in male humans

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-297

  Guastella, Adam J ^a   Kenyon, Amanda R ^a   Unkelbach, Christian ^b   Alvares, Gail A ^a   Hickie, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine Vasopressin; Cognition; Humans; Oxytocin; Recognition; Sex; Social

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL SPRAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLACEBOS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551474312     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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