Steroids facing emotions

摘要: The studies reported in this thesis have been performed to gain a better understanding about motivational mediators of selective attention and memory for emotionally relevant stimuli, the roles that some steroid hormones play regulation human motivation emotion. stimuli used are pictures facial expressions main interest was establishing psychoneuronedocrine psychological predictors biased processing angry fearful faces. Whereas previous research has their attentional mnemonic as models anxiogenic cognition, one themes is expression does not provide an optimal model measure responses. Motivated responses instead inherently ambiguous. Depending on stance observer, anger can be met with withdrawal or aggressive reciprocity. expression, especially when gaze direction taken into account, likely stimulus evoke One important goal disambiguate explore latter claim expressions. This done by relating biases individual differences various endocrine self report measures motivation. In addition, describes development application innovative experimental method measuring (fearful) expressions, utilizing manipulation critical component emotional expression. other study effects testosterone cortisol. several causally test relations between endocrine-motivational functioning these Specifically, acute such processes from single administrations cortisol tested here. Together, further insights fascinating interplay emotion brain/body mind. Their lies mainly relation fundamental questions nature thereof, but hopefully they will also add our psychopathology.