Testosterone and Dominance in Humans: Behavioral and Brain Mechanisms

Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-214

  van Honk, Jack ^a,b   Bos, Peter A ^a,b   Terburg, David ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GAZE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST;

EID: 84896705745     PISSN: 09456082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02904-7_12     Document Type: Review

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