Winning Isn't Everything: Mood and Testosterone Regulate the Cortisol Response in Competition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zilioli, Samuele ^a   Watson, Neil V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COMPUTER; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECREATION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

MAMMALIA; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 84872256569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052582     Document Type: Article

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