Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase levels during an assessment procedure correlate differently with risk-taking measures in male and female police recruits

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  van den Bos, Ruud ^a   Taris, Ruben ^b   Scheppink, Bianca ^b   de Haan, Lydia ^c   Verster, Joris C ^c,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Police Academy   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Cambridge Gambling Task; Cortisol; Decision making; Humans; Sex

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84892568509     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00219     Document Type: Article

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