Exogenous testosterone in women enhances and inhibits competitive decision-making depending on victory–defeat experience and trait dominance

Mehta, Pranjal H.; Son, Veerle van; Welker, Keith M.; Prasad, Smrithi; Sanfey, Alan G.; Smidts, Ale; Roelofs, Karin

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.07.004

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“…This research is consistent with other experimental and correlational findings indicating that testosterone modulates competitive motivation [36] and aggressive behavior [25], but only among individuals relatively high in trait dominance.…”

Section: Pharmacological Challenge Studiessupporting

confidence: 92%

“…In another study, individual differences in baseline testosterone concentrations were positively correlated with men's dominance behavior during mate competition, but only for men scoring high in trait dominance [37]. Administration of testosterone to women also increased their competitive motivation after a victory, but only for those scoring high on trait dominance [36]. Collectively, this research highlights the importance of considering individual differences in personality when examining links between neuroendocrine function and human aggression.…”

Section: Further Evidence Of the Importance Of Trait Dominancementioning

confidence: 83%

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Testosterone and human behavior: the role of individual and contextual variables

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2018

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The study of testosterone and aggression originated in experimental studies of animals, showing a direct causal link in some species. Human studies showed an overall weak correlation between testosterone and aggression. A theoretical framework ("the challenge hypothesis") enabled testosterone-behavior interactions in humans to be framed within a theory that emphasized hormonal responses to competition influencing subsequent aggressive behavior. The short-term administrations of testosterone to young women and to young men showed influences on behavioral and neural processes associated with aggression. Other findings are that testosterone influences aggression in high dominance men, and in those with low cortisol levels; and that testosterone can affect both aggressive and prosocial behavior, within the context of an experimental game.

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Section: Pharmacological Challenge Studiessupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Further Evidence Of the Importance Of Trait Dominancementioning

confidence: 83%

Testosterone and human behavior: the role of individual and contextual variables

Carré

Archer

2018

Current Opinion in Psychology

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“…Also, baseline T concentrations were positively correlated with men's dominance behavior during a mate competition, but only for men scoring high in trait dominance (29). Finally, a single administration of T to women increased their competitive motivation after a victory, but only for those scoring high on trait dominance (30).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…We predicted that T would increase aggressive behavior. Also, in light of previous correlational and experimental work (13,(29)(30), we predicted that T's effects on aggressive behavior would be most robust among men scoring relatively high on trait dominance. Also, we predicted that exogenous T would have no effect on aggressive behavior for people with strong impulse control (i.e., elevated trait self-control), Instead, T would increase aggressive behavior among men with weak impulse control.…”

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Exogenous Testosterone Rapidly Increases Aggressive Behavior in Dominant and Impulsive Men

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Geniole

Ortiz

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Biological Psychiatry

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“…Research in humans also demonstrates connections between testosterone and status-seeking behavior (for reviews, see Mazur and Booth, 1998;Archer, 2006;Eisenegger et al, 2011;Hamilton et al, 2015). Both endogenous testosterone and exogenously elevated testosterone are positively related to markers of dominance motivation (van Honk et al, 2001;Schultheiss et al, 2005;Josephs et al, 2006;Hermans et al, 2008;Bos et al, 2012;Terburg et al, 2012;Terburg and van Honk, 2013;Goetz et al, 2014;Enter et al, 2014;Radke et al, 2015;Mehta et al, 2008;Zilioli and Watson, 2013;van der Meij et al, 2016), aggressive behavior (Carré et al, 2009;Carré and Olmstead, 2015), competitive behavior Carré and McCormick, 2008;Mehta et al, 2008Mehta et al, , 2009Slatcher et al, 2011;Mehta et al, 2015bMehta et al, , 2015cReimers and Diekhof, 2015;Hahn et al, 2016;Eisenegger et al, 2016), and reduced prosocial behaviors including trust, perspective-taking, cooperation, and empathy (Hermans et al, 2006;Mehta et al, 2009;Bos et al, 2010;van Honk et al, 2011;Boksem et al, 2013;Wright et al, 2012;Ronay and Carney, 2013;Edelstein et al, 2014).…”

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Hormonal underpinnings of status conflict: Testosterone and cortisol are related to decisions and satisfaction in the hawk-dove game

Mehta

DesJardins

Vugt

et al. 2017

Hormones and Behavior

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A contribution to a special issue on Hormones and Human Competition.Testosterone is theorized to influence status-seeking behaviors such as social dominance and competitive behavior, but supporting evidence is mixed. The present study tested the roles of testosterone and cortisol in the hawk-dove game, a dyadic economic decision-making paradigm in which earnings depend on one's own and the other player's choices. If one person selects the hawk strategy and the other person selects the dove strategy, the player who selected hawk attains a greater financial pay-off (status differentiation). The worst financial outcome occurs when both players choose the hawk strategy (status confrontation). Ninety-eight undergraduate students (42 men) provided saliva samples and played ten rounds of the hawk-dove game with another same-sex participant. In support of the hypothesis that testosterone is related to status concern, individuals higher in basal testosterone made more hawk decisions - decisions that harmed the other player. Acute decreases in cortisol were also associated with more hawk decisions. There was some empirical support for the dual-hormone hypothesis as well: basal testosterone was positively related to satisfaction in the game among low basal-cortisol individuals but not among high basal-cortisol individuals. There were no significant sex differences in these hormonal effects. The present findings align with theories of hormones and status-seeking behavior at the individual level, but they also open up new avenues for research on hormone profiles at the collective level. Our results suggest that the presence of two or more high-testosterone members increases the likelihood of status confrontations over a limited resource that can undermine collective outcomes.

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Exogenous testosterone in women enhances and inhibits competitive decision-making depending on victory–defeat experience and trait dominance

Cited by 52 publications

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Testosterone and human behavior: the role of individual and contextual variables

Testosterone and human behavior: the role of individual and contextual variables

Exogenous Testosterone Rapidly Increases Aggressive Behavior in Dominant and Impulsive Men

Hormonal underpinnings of status conflict: Testosterone and cortisol are related to decisions and satisfaction in the hawk-dove game

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