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Individual differences affect hormonal responses to a team-based violent videogame competition, but not in solitary play
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Testosterone and cortisol were assessed along with various personality measures in response to a violent videogame competition in three different conditions. Hormonal responses...
Testosterone and cortisol in coalitional competition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Fourteen teams of three young men competed in within-group and between-group videogame tournaments. Salivary cortisol and testosterone levels were assessed twice before and twice after each tournament, along with intelligence, ...
Is accuracy in fertility detection mediated by differences in the mate value of the rater and target?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
I propose the existence of a perceptual bias in men toward detecting fertility status in women of similar mate value. To test this hypothesis, 153 male undergraduates (raters) chose which of two photographs of the same ...
The relationship between cortisol and social stress in late adolescent girls' friendships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The potential mechanisms linking early experience and temperament to coping with common peer dynamics and the stress hormone cortisol were explored for young women in two studies. Girls and women typically use friendships, ...
Does early androgen exposure moderate developmental plasticity?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Little is known about what mechanisms allow some individuals more than others to flexibly develop cognitive competencies and behavioral biases while growing up to better meet the demands of their ecology, a phenomenon known ...