Stress and reward: Long term cortisol exposure predicts the strength of sexual preference

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-40

  Chumbley, J R ^a   Hulme, O ^b   Kochli H ^a   Russell, E ^c   Van Uum, S ^c   Pizzagalli, D A ^d   Fehr, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Cortisol; Reward; Sexual; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIKERT SCALE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL PREFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANHEDONIA; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899835367     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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