The dual-hormone hypothesis: A brief review and future research agenda

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-168

  Mehta, Pranjal H ^a   Prasad, Smrithi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DUAL HORMONE HYPOTHESIS; EMPATHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84930946730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.04.008     Document Type: Review

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