Sex differences in self-regulation: An evolutionary perspective

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JUL, 2014, Pages

  Hosseini Kamkar, Niki ^a   Bruce Morton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

sex differences in self regulation, parental investment theory, sex differences in inhibition, sex differences in impulsivity, sex differences the mesocorticolimbic dopamine pathway, delay discounting, delay of gratification, inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; FERTILE PERIOD; GAMETE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LUTEAL PHASE; MATE CHOICE; MESOCORTICOLIMBIC DOPAMINE PATHWAY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUTRIENT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84905920825     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00233     Document Type: Article

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