Aggression in Women: Behavior, Brain and Hormones

We review the literature on aggression in women with an emphasis on laboratory experimentation and hormonal and brain mechanisms. Women tend to engage in more indirect forms of aggression (e.g., spreading rumors) than other types of aggression. In laboratory studies, women are less aggressive than m...

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Main Authors: Thomas F. Denson, Siobhan M. O’Dean, Khandis R. Blake, Joanne R. Beames
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00081/full