Testosterone Inhibits Trust but Promotes Reciprocity

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2306-2314

  Boksem, Maarten A S ^a,b   Mehta, Pranjal H ^a,b,c   Van den Bergh, Bram ^a   van Son, Veerle ^b   Trautmann, Stefan T ^d   Roelofs, Karin ^b,e   Smidts, Ale ^a   Sanfey, Alan G ^b,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

context; decision making; hormone; neuroendocrinology; social; social cognition; social interaction; status; testosterone; trust

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; STATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTEXT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SOCIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

CONTEXT; DECISION MAKING; HORMONE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; SOCIAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATUS; TESTOSTERONE; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887376910     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613495063     Document Type: Article

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