Articles by author - Kunihiro Yokota

Salivary alpha-amylase levels and big five personality factors in adults.

Inukai K, Shinada M, Tanida S, Takahashi C, Mifune N, Takagishi H, Horita Y, Hashimoto H, Yokota K, Kameda T, Yamagishi T, Takahashi T.

Journal Article 2010; 31(6): 771-774 PubMed PMID: 21196913  Keywords:  Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Personality Inventory, Saliva:enzymology, Salivary alpha-Amylases:metabolism, Surveys and Questionnaires,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) has been utilized as a non-invasive measure of sympathoadrenal medullary (SAM) activation. Little.....

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Stress hormones predict hyperbolic time-discount rates six months later in adults.

Takahashi T, Shinada M, Inukai K, Tanida S, Takahashi C, Mifune N, Takagishi H, Horita Y, Hashimoto H, Yokota K, Kameda T, Yamagishi T.

Comparative Study 2010; 31(5): 616-621 PubMed PMID: 21178944  Keywords:  Adult, Aged, Choice Behavior, Corticosterone:secretion, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hydrocortisone:secretion, Impulsive Behavior:metabolism, Individuality, Male, Mass Spectrometry, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Reward, Saliva:metabolism, Sex .    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Stress hormones have been associated with temporal discounting. Although time-discount rate is shown to be stable over a long .....

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