The relation of cortisol and sex hormone levels to results of psychological, performance, IQ and memory tests in military men and women

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-235

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a   Hampl, Richard ^b   Černochová, Dana ^c   Preiss, Marek ^d   Bičiková, Marie ^b   Sieger, Ladislav ^e   Příplatová, Lenka ^a   Kaňková, Šárka ^a   Klose, Jiří ^f  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Hogrefe Testcentrum   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^e CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^f CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggression; BDI; Behavior; Cortisol; Estrogen; Intelligence; Meili test; Memory; N 70; OD 1; Otis test; Personality tests; Psychology; Questionnaire; Testosterone; TOPP; WMT

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PARANOIA; PERFORMANCE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOLDIER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84862298257     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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