Erratum: Testosterone administration impairs cognitive empathy in women depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2011) 108, (3448-3452) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011891108);Testosterone administration impairs cognitive empathy in women depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3448-3452

  Van Honk, Jack ^a,b   Schutter, Dennis J ^a   Bos, Peter A ^a   Kruijt, Anne Wil ^c   Lentjes, Eef G ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mind reading; Prenatal priming; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79952774394     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310664110     Document Type: Erratum

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