Losing the battle but winning the war: Uncertain outcomes reverse the usual effect of winning on testosterone

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-62

  Zilioli, Samuele ^a   Mehta, Pranjal H ^b   Watson, Neil V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Defeat; Females; Surprise; Testosterone; Uncertainty; Unstable social hierarchies; Victory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); EMOTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906827517     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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