Does competition really bring out the worst? testosterone, social distance and inter-male competition shape parochial altruism in human males

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Diekhof, Esther Kristina ^a   Wittmer, Susanne ^a   Reimers, Luise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERGROUP BIAS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAROCHIAL ALTRUISM; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SOCCER; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THREAT; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; RECREATION; SALIVA;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TESTOSTERONE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84905020729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098977     Document Type: Article

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