The role of testosterone in value-based decision making
Completed
- Conditions
- Psychological disorders characterized by abnormal decision-making (such as drug abuse, gambling, (social) fear disorders, heightened BMI, psychopathology, antisocial personality disorders, etc.)
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24462
- Lead Sponsor
- Prof. dr. Karin Roelofs (Behavioral Science Institute (BSI) & Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy female volunteers between 18 and 35 years of age
- Use of single-phase oral contraception with testing only during the 3-week period they take these contraceptives, and not during menstruation (to control for the possible effect of hormonal changes related to the menstrual cycle)
Exclusion Criteria
- Abnormal hearing
- Abnormal and uncorrected vision
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Behavioral performance on computerized tasks assessing choice behavior and their underlying psychological mechanisms in contexts including risky choice, intertemporal choice, and reward-history and social learning in reinforcement-based decision making
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Salivary cortisol and testosterone hormone levels<br /><br>- Subjective measurements on self-report questionnaires<br>