The impact of sex hormone concentrations on decision-making in females and males

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Derntl, Birgit ^a,b,c   Pintzinger, Nina ^d   Kryspin Exner, Ilse ^d   Schöpf, Veronika ^e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Simulation Laboratory Neuroscience Bernstein Facility for Simulation and Database Technology   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Estradiol; Progesterone; Risk taking; Sex; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

EID: 84949115197     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00352     Document Type: Article

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