Stress as adaptation? A test of the adaptive boost hypothesis among Batswana men

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-60

  Decker, Seamus A ^a   Aggott, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Cognition; Cortisol awakening response; Depression; Diurnal rhythm; Evolutionary psychology; Fitness; Health; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871792016     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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