Gender differences in reward-related decision processing under stress

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-484

  Lighthall, Nichole R ^a   Sakaki, Michiko ^a   Vasunilashorn, Sarinnapha ^a,b   Nga, Lin ^a   Somayajula, Sangeetha ^a,c   Chen, Eric Y ^a   Samii, Nicole ^a   Mather, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Decision making; fMRI; Gender differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REWARD; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLD TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859845203     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr026     Document Type: Article

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