Threat perception and familiarity moderate the androgen response to competition in women

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Oliveira, Gonçalo A ^a   Uceda, Sara ^a,b   Oliveira, Tânia ^a   Fernandes, Alexandre ^a   Garcia Marques, Teresa ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Challenge; cognitive appraisal; Competition; Familiarity; Testosterone; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885355550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00389     Document Type: Article

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