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Is this still scientific news? We have sort of established that testosterone amplifies risk taking, aggressiveness and desire for social dominance. So of cour

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• bhouston 8y ago
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  • robotrout 8y ago
    Even this article, you manage to inject politics into. That's unfortunate. You will be disheartened to know that many non-propecia-taking men and women outside the blue bubble agree with many of his policies. https://brilliantmaps.com/2016-county-election-map/ https://brilliantmaps.com/2016-county-election-map/
    • inteleng 8y ago
      Here's a link from the first author's homepage: http://www.gidinave.com/presscovfefe.html http://www.gidinave.com/presscovfefe.html Being right is always easy when you decide what's true and what's false.
• laser 8y ago
  From the abstract “... testosterone increases positive attitudes toward positional goods when they are described as status-enhancing, but not when they are described as power-enhancing or high in quality.” I would think power-enhancing things would improve one’s ability to achieve social dominance, but the effect they uncovered here seems to be even more crude and instead only has effect on stimulating a desire for immediate “improved” perception.
• greenhatman 8y ago
  >testosterone increases positive attitudes toward positional goods when they are described as status-enhancing, but not when they are described as power-enhancing. I'm not sure what this means. I thought status was a power-enhancing attribute. And that that was the reason people want it.