Testosterone reduces functional connectivity during the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2016, Pages 194-201

  Bos, Peter A ^a,b   Hofman, Dennis ^a   Hermans, Erno J ^c,d   Montoya, Estrella R ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^e   van Honk, Jack ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Functional MRI; Hormones; Mindreading; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMPATHY; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING THE MIND IN EYE TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT; AUTISM; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961185144     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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