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Jack van Honk

University of Cape Town/Utrecht University
Verified email at uu.nl
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[HTML][HTML] Testosterone, cortisol, and serotonin as key regulators of social aggression: A review and theoretical perspective

ER Montoya, D Terburg, PA Bos, J Van Honk - Motivation and emotion, 2012 - Springer
… In an earlier line of research by van Honk and coworkers it was shown that high salivary T …
faces (van Honk et al. 1999), and avoidant responsiveness towards fearful faces (van Honk et …

Attentional biases for angry faces: Relationships to trait anger and anxiety

JV Honk, A Tuiten, E de Haan, M vann de Hout… - Cognition & …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
In two experiments selective attention to angry faces was investigated in relation to trait
anger and anxiety. A pictorial emotional Stroop task comparing colour-naming latencies for …

The testosterone–cortisol ratio: A hormonal marker for proneness to social aggression

D Terburg, B Morgan, J van Honk - International journal of law and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Social aggression is an escalating hazard for individuals and society. It is most frequently
observed as impulsive–reactive aggression in antisocial personality disorder (APD), but in …

Testosterone administration impairs cognitive empathy in women depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio

J Van Honk, DJ Schutter, PA Bos… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
During social interactions we automatically infer motives, intentions, and feelings from bodily
cues of others, especially from the eye region of their faces. This cognitive empathic ability …

Testosterone administration reduces empathetic behavior: A facial mimicry study

EJ Hermans, P Putman, J Van Honk - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2006 - Elsevier
Although high baseline testosterone levels correlate with low empathy, there is no causal
evidence for this association in humans. The present study tested the causality of this …

Testosterone shifts the balance between sensitivity for punishment and reward in healthy young women

J Van Honk, DJLG Schutter, EJ Hermans… - …, 2004 - Elsevier
Animal research has demonstrated reductions in punishment sensitivity and enhanced reward
dependency after testosterone administration. In humans, elevated levels of testosterone …

Correlations among salivary testosterone, mood, and selective attention to threat in humans

J van Honk, A Tuiten, R Verbaten, M van den Hout… - Hormones and …, 1999 - Elsevier
An experiment was designed to investigate the relation among salivary testosterone, mood,
and selective attention to threat. The participant group consisted of 32 nonclinical subjects (…

Acute effects of steroid hormones and neuropeptides on human social–emotional behavior: a review of single administration studies

PA Bos, J Panksepp, RM Bluthé, J Van Honk - Frontiers in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Steroids and peptides mediate a diverse array of animal social behaviors. Human research
is restricted by technical–ethical limitations, and models of the neuroendocrine regulation of …

Defective somatic markers in sub-clinical psychopathy

J van Honk, EJ Hermans, P Putman, B Montagne… - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis is argued to be specifically applicable to psychopathy,
though evidence has been meager until now. The principal evidence for the somatic …

Exogenous testosterone enhances responsiveness to social threat in the neural circuitry of social aggression in humans

EJ Hermans, NF Ramsey, J van Honk - Biological psychiatry, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In a range of species, the androgen steroid testosterone is known to potentiate
neural circuits involved in intraspecific aggression. Disorders of impulsive aggression in …