Journal
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 136-142Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.11.016
Keywords
Testosterone; Dominance; Face perception; Individual differences; Neuroendocrinology; Social perception
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- NSERC [RGPIN-2014-06676]
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)
- Oakland University Research Excellence Fund-Biomedical grant
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Men's testosterone is associated with several constructs that are linked to dominance rank, such as risk taking, mating success, and aggression. However, no study has directly tested the relationship between men's self-perceived dominance and testosterone using an experimental design. We employed a within subjects, double-blind, placebo-controlled paradigm to assess whether testosterone influences men's self-perceived dominance. Exogenous testosterone or a placebo was administered to healthy adult men and self-perceptions of physical dominance were subsequently assessed by having participants select what they believed to be their true face from an array of images digitally manipulated in masculinity. Men picked a more masculine version of their own face after testosterone versus placebo-an effect that was particularly pronounced among men with relatively low baseline testosterone. These findings indicate that a single administration of testosterone can rapidly modulate men's perceptions of their own physical dominance, which may explain links between testosterone and dominance-related behaviors. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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