The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 30, 2017, 01:01:06 pm
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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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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170428154556.htm
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These research results are about as far from surprising as I can imagine.