Testosterone Affects Gaze Aversion From Angry Faces Outside of Conscious Awareness

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 459-463

  Terburg, David ^a,b   Aarts, Henk ^a   van Honk, Jack ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aggressive behavior; eye movements; facial expressions; neuroendocrinology; social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861760629     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611433336     Document Type: Article

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