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Study from a few years ago points to some prosocial benefits of higher testosterone levels in men, especially in terms of honesty.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The assumption the researchers made is that high testosterone is linked to pride and status, and proud people are less likely to lie.
However others have argued that high testosterone, in mimicking the 'alpha male' condition, makes men less psychologically insecure, more relaxed, and less worried about the opinions of others or requiring their validation - basically the opposite of the Napoleon syndrome. Hence a tendency towards honesty even when a lie could improve outcomes.
Ergolog has a decent summary of the article:
Testosterone administration reduces lying in men - PubMed
Lying is a pervasive phenomenon with important social and economic implications. However, despite substantial interest in the prevalence and determinants of lying, little is known about its biological foundations. Here we study a potential hormonal influence, focusing on the steroid hormone...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The assumption the researchers made is that high testosterone is linked to pride and status, and proud people are less likely to lie.
However others have argued that high testosterone, in mimicking the 'alpha male' condition, makes men less psychologically insecure, more relaxed, and less worried about the opinions of others or requiring their validation - basically the opposite of the Napoleon syndrome. Hence a tendency towards honesty even when a lie could improve outcomes.
Ergolog has a decent summary of the article:
More testosterone makes men more honest
The more testosterone there is circulating in a man's body, the more honest he's likely to be. Even when he knows that no one is likely to find out that he is lying, he's more likely to tell the truth than a man with less testosterone in his body. Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany...
www.ergo-log.com
