Further notes on testosterone as a social hormone

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 291-292

  van Honk, Jack ^a,b   Terburg, David ^a   Bos, Peter A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ALERTNESS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN STEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORALITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79959868785     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.05.003     Document Type: Letter

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