Friday, February 11, 2011

Testosterone and Empathy

"....an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person's ability to 'mind read', an indication of empathy." Interestingly, the additional testosterone has more effect on subjects who got a higher dose of testosterone pre-birth.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/uoc-etr020911.php

Oh. And before everyone jumps on the guys for "testosterone poisoning," the subjects were women.

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