Friday 8 January 2010

What’s More Potent, Testosterone or the Power of Belief? « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e

What’s More Potent, Testosterone or the Power of Belief? « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e

"The folk hypothesis about testosterone predicts that it will increase unfair bargaining by making one of the parties more conflictual and less willing to negotiate. ...

"The results, however, were exactly the opposite. Overall, those subjects that actually did receive testosterone were not less fair but significantly more fair in their dealings. So much for the folk hypothesis."

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