Selected Publications
2011 and in press
Josephs RA, Mehta PH, & Carre JM (in press). Gender and social environment modulate the effects of testosterone on social behavior: comment on Eisenegger et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. PDF
Carre JM & Mehta PH (2011). Importance of considering testosterone-cortisol interactions in predicting human aggression and dominance. Aggressive Behavior, 37, 1-3. PDF
Liening, S.H., Mehta, P.H., & Josephs, R.A. (in press). Competition. To appear in The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, edited by Vilanayur S Ramachandran. New York: Academic Press. PDF
Slatcher RB, Mehta PH, & Josephs RA (2011). Testosterone and self-reported dominance interact to influence human mating behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science. PDF
Mehta PH & Josephs RA (2011). Social endocrinology: Hormones and social motivation. To appear in The Handbook of Social Motivation, edited by David Dunning. New York: Psychology Press. PDF
Brooks, M. L., Mehta, P. H., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (2011). Reasserting the self: Blocking self-verifying behavior triggers compensatory self-verification. Self & Identity, 10, 77–84.
2009-2010
Mehta PH & Josephs RA (2010). Testosterone and cortisol jointly regulate dominance: Evidence for a dual-hormone hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior, 58, 898–906. PDF
Mehta PH & Beer JS (2010). Neural mechanisms of the testosterone-aggression relation: The role of orbitofrontal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22, 2357–2368. PDF
Mehta PH, Wuerrhman E, & Josephs RA (2009). When are low testosterone levels advantageous?: The moderating role of individual versus intergroup competition. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 158-162. PDF
2007-2008
Mehta PH, Jones AC, & Josephs RA (2008). The social endocrinology of dominance: Basal testosterone predicts cortisol changes and behavior following victory and defeat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 1078–1093. PDF
Mehta PH & Gosling SD (2008). Bridging animal and human research: A comparative approach to studies of personality and health. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 22, 651-661. PDF
Mehta PH & Josephs RA (2007). Testosterone. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2006
Mehta PH & Josephs RA (2006). Testosterone change after losing predicts the decision to compete again. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 684-692. PDF
*see also Edwards DA (2006). Competition and testosterone. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 681-683. [Commentary on Mehta & Josephs, 2006]. PDF
Josephs RA, Sellers JG, Newman ML, & Mehta PH (2006). The mismatch effect: When testosterone and status are at odds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 999-1013. PDF
Mehta PH & Gosling SD (2006). How can animal studies contribute to research on the biological bases of personality? In T. Canli (Ed.), The Biological Bases of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Guilford. PDF
