Does cortisol modulate emotion recognition and empathy?

Highlights • Investigating the effects of the stress hormone cortisol on emotion recognition and empathy. • We used the Multifaceted Empathy Test and an emotion recognition task. • Cortisol seems to have no major impact on emotion recognition and empathy. • Gender and task difficulty appear to be im...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016-04, Vol.66, p.221-227
Hauptverfasser:	Duesenberg, Moritz, Weber, Juliane, Schulze, Lars, Schaeuffele, Carmen, Roepke, Stefan, Hellmann-Regen, Julian, Otte, Christian, Wingenfeld, Katja
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administration, Oral Adult Cortisol Emotions Empathy Empathy - drug effects Endocrinology & Metabolism Face Facial emotion recognition Facial Expression Female Humans Hydrocortisone - administration & dosage Hydrocortisone - pharmacology Interpersonal Relations Male Psychiatry Recognition (Psychology) - drug effects Stress hormones Stress, Psychological - blood Stress, Psychological - chemically induced Stress, Psychological - psychology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Investigating the effects of the stress hormone cortisol on emotion recognition and empathy. • We used the Multifaceted Empathy Test and an emotion recognition task. • Cortisol seems to have no major impact on emotion recognition and empathy. • Gender and task difficulty appear to be important variables in emotion recognition.
ISSN:	0306-4530 1873-3360
DOI:	10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.01.011