New evidence on testosterone and cooperation

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7399, 2012, Pages

  Van Honk, Jack ^a,b   Montoya, Estrella R ^a   Bos, Peter A ^a,b   Van Vugt, Mark ^c   Terburg, David ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

COGNITION; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84861436194     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11136     Document Type: Note

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