Stress and strategic decision-making in the beauty contest game

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1503-1511

  Leder, Johannes ^a,b   Häusser, Jan Alexander ^b   Mojzisch, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beauty contest game; Cortisol; Decision making; Neuroendocrinology; Psychological stress; Strategic behavior; Stress reaction

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAME; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THINKING;

BEAUTY CONTEST GAME; CORTISOL; DECISION MAKING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR; STRESS REACTION;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; READING; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883654642     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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