Effects of testosterone on attention and memory for emotional stimuli in male rhesus monkeys

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-409

  King, Hanna M ^a   Kurdziel, Laura B ^a   Meyer, Jerrold S ^a   Lacreuse, Agnès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Arousal; Cognition; Emotion; Macaque

Indexed keywords

LEUPRORELIN; OIL; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

AFFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DELAYED NON MATCHING TO SAMPLE TASK; DOT PROBE TASK; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HORMONE INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LEUPROLIDE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84856561028     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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