Androgen modulation of social decision making mechanisms in the brain: an integrative and embodied perspective

Apart from their role in reproduction androgens also respond to social challenges and this response has been seen as a way to regulate the expression of behaviour according to the perceived social environment (Challenge hypothesis, Wingfield et al. 1990). This hypothesis implies that social decision...

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Main Authors: Rui F Oliveira, Gonçalo A. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00209/full