Individual Differences in Antisocial Punishment in Public Goods Situations: The Interplay of Cortisol with Testosterone and Dominance

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-348

  Pfattheicher, Stefan ^a   Landhäußer, Anne ^a   Keller, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; cortisol; dominance; punishment; social dilemma; testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888390687     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1811     Document Type: Article

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