Steroid hormones and some evolutionary-relevant social interactions

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-83

  Salvador, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Competition; Cortisol; Mating; Social stress; Testosterone; Winning effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857800929     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9265-2     Document Type: Article

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