Organizing effects of testosterone and economic behavior: Not just risk taking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Brañas Garza, Pablo ^a   Rustichini, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; SURVIVAL RATE; THINKING; ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855257767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029842     Document Type: Article

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