Table 2.
fMRI studies included in ALE (n = 9). Experiments in healthy participants using affective stimuli, measuring endogenous testosterone levels
| Publication | Stimulus | Control condition | Assay | N (mean age) | Foci (activation/deactivation) | roi/wb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackermann et al. (2012) | Neutral faces | Scrambled (M) and positive emotion faces (M + F) | Saliva | 138F & 96M (22) | 2(1/1) | roi |
| Choi et al. (2011) | Electric shocks, with placebo effect | Shocks without/low placebo | Blood | 15M (25.3) | 3(3/0) | roi |
| Denson et al. (2013) | Insults. Post provocation | Pre-provocation | Saliva | 19M (22.6) | 5(5/0) | wb and roi |
| Kuo et al. (2012) | Their babies | Other babies | Saliva | 10M (34) | 1(1/0) | roi |
| Manuck et al. (2010) | Angry and fearful faces | Shapes | Saliva | 41M (45.6) | 5(5/0) | roi |
| Mehta and Beer (2010) | Ultimatum game unfair offers | Fair offers | Saliva | 15F & 17M; (23.3) | 2(0/2) | roi |
| Stanton et al. (2009) | Angry faces | Neutral faces | Saliva | 14F & 10M (21) | 5 (1/4) | roi |
| Vincent et al. (2013) | Thermal pain (women on pill) | Thermal pain (women not on pill) | Blood | 24F (not mentioned) | 18(17/1) 4(3/1): n = 12 |
wb and roi |
| Volman et al. (2011) | Angry faces | Happy or neutral faces | Saliva | 24M (19–28 range) | 1(1/0) | voi |