Does stress alter everyday moral decision-making?

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-219

  Starcke, Katrin ^a   Polzer, Christin ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^b   Brand, Matthias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Cortisol; High emotional dilemmas; Low emotional dilemmas

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLACEBOS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551493202     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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