Acting on Anger: Social Anxiety Modulates Approach-Avoidance Tendencies After Oxytocin Administration

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1573-1578

  Radke, Sina ^a   Roelofs, Karin ^a,b   de Bruijn, Ellen R A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

avoidance; emotions; facial expressions; neuroendocrinology; social interaction

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

AVOIDANCE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANGER; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881223815     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612472682     Document Type: Article

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