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Anticipatory cortisol, testosterone and psychological responses to judo competition in young men.
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The anticipatory hormonal and psychological responses of 17 male judo players to an official competition with the data obtained during eight resting sessions carried out at the same time of day are compared to suggest an adaptive psychobiological response to a competition.About:
This article is published in Psychoneuroendocrinology.The article was published on 2003-04-01. It has received 288 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anxiety.read more
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Testosterone and Human Aggression: An Evaluation of the Challenge Hypothesis
TL;DR: Predictions were that that testosterone would rise at puberty to moderate levels, which supported reproductive physiology and behavior, and that testosterone levels will be associated with different behavioral profiles among men, associated with life history strategies involving emphasis on either mating or parental effort.
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Physiological Profiles of Elite Judo Athletes
Emerson Franchini,Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio,Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio,Karin Ayumi Matsushigue,Guilherme Giannini Artioli +4 more
TL;DR: In general, elite judo athletes presented higher upper body anaerobic power and capacity than non-elite athletes, and lower body dynamic strength seems to provide a distinction between elite and recreational judo players, but not high-level Judo players competing for a spot on national teams.
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Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases testosterone in human males
TL;DR: It is suggested that T mediates tradeoffs between mating and parenting in humans, as seen in other species in which fathers care for young, and that T and reproductive strategy have bidirectional relationships in human males.
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Cardiac Autonomic Responses during Exercise and Post-exercise Recovery Using Heart Rate Variability and Systolic Time Intervals—A Review
TL;DR: The purpose of this investigation was to review the literature regarding how the exercise dosage influences these autonomic indices during exercise and acute post-exercise recovery.
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Cognitive appraisals and emotions predict cortisol and immune responses: a meta-analysis of acute laboratory social stressors and emotion inductions.
TL;DR: Coping strategies that alter appraisals and emotional responses may improve long-term health outcomes, especially relevant for stressors that are acute or imminent, threaten one's social status, or require extended effort.
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Testosterone and dominance in men.
Allan Mazur,Alan Booth +1 more
TL;DR: An unusual data set on Air Force veterans enables this work to compare the basal and reciprocal models as explanations for the relationship between T and divorce, and discusses sociological implications of these models.
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
TL;DR: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more, and provides essential guidance to controlling the authors' stress responses.
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Arousal and physiological toughness: Implications for mental and physical health.
TL;DR: The toughness concept suggests an opposition between effective short- and long-term coping, with implications for effective therapies and stress-inoculating life-styles.