Testosterone is associated with cooperation during intergroup competition by enhancing parochial altruism

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Reimers, Luise ^a   Diekhof, Esther K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruistic behavior; Competition; Intergroup conflict; Prisoner's dilemma; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERGROUP BIAS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAROCHIAL ALTRUISM; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 84930635157     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00183     Document Type: Article

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