Stress alters personal moral decision making

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-498

  Youssef, Farid F ^a   Dookeeram, Karine ^a   Basdeo, Vasant ^a   Francis, Emmanuel ^a   Doman, Mekaeel ^a   Mamed, Danielle ^a   Maloo, Stefan ^a   Degannes, Joel ^a   Dobo, Linda ^a   Ditshotlo, Phatsimo ^a   Legall, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gender; Moral; Pre frontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; RESPONSE TIME; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORALS; REACTION TIME; RELIGION; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857194356     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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