Association of menstrual cycle phase with the core components of empathy

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-104

  Derntl, Birgit ^a,b,c   Hack, Ramona L ^a   Kryspin Exner, Ilse ^a   Habel, Ute ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Julich Aachen Research Alliance   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective responsiveness; Emotion recognition; Empathy; Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Perspective taking; Progesterone; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMPATHY; ESTRADIOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGESTERONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84871932456     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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