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Title: Testosterone makes men less likely to question their impulses
Post by: rangerrebew on April 30, 2017, 01:01:06 pm

Testosterone makes men less likely to question their impulses
Sex hormone connected with greater reliance on gut instincts and less self-reflection

Date:
    April 28, 2017
Source:
    California Institute of Technology
Summary:
    Testosterone makes men less likely to realize when they're wrong, a new study shows. The researchers found that men given doses of testosterone performed more poorly on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection than a group given a placebo.
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Title: Re: Testosterone makes men less likely to question their impulses
Post by: Suppressed on May 01, 2017, 12:01:37 am

These research results are about as far from surprising as I can imagine.