Tag: hormones

Study suggests stress hormones switch off areas of the brain for goal-directed behaviour

From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: Cognition psychologists at the Ruhr-Universität together with colleagues from the University Hospital Bergmannsheil (Prof. Dr. Martin Tegenthoff) have discovered why stressed persons… Read more »

Bird study suggests variations in sex steroid gene expression can predict aggressive behaviors

From the Indiana University press release via Newswise: An Indiana University biologist has shown that natural variation in measures of the brain’s ability to process steroid hormones predicts functional variation… Read more »