Close Versus Decisive Victory Moderates the Effect of Testosterone Change on Competitive Decisions and Task Enjoyment

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-311

  Mehta, Pranjal H ^a   Snyder, Nicholas A ^a   Knight, Erik L ^a   Lassetter, Bethany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cortisol; Decision making; Reward; Testosterone; Victory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964829524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21987335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40750-014-0014-0     Document Type: Article

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