Hormonal contraceptives as disruptors of competitive behavior: Theoretical framing and review

LC Arthur, KV Casto, KR Blake - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence suggests that hormonal contraceptives (HCs) impact psychological
outcomes through alterations in neurophysiology. In this review, we first introduce a …

[HTML][HTML] A review and p-curve analysis of research on the menstrual cycle correlates of consumer preferences and economic decisions

ÓJ Galindo-Caballero, FA Alzate-Pamplona… - Hormones and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A number of studies have been claimed to show that ovarian hormones, whose levels
fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle, affect consumer preferences and financial …

When fertile, women seek status via prestige but not dominance

KR Blake - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - pnas.org
Biological predictors of human dominance are hotly contested, with far-reaching implications
for psychological sex differences and the placement of men and women in the social …

Testosterone reactivity to competition and competitive endurance in men and women

KV Casto, DA Edwards, M Akinola, C Davis… - Hormones and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transient shifts in testosterone occur during competition and are thought to positively
influence dominance behavior aimed at enhancing social status. However, individual …

Recommendations for the study of women in hormones and competition research.

KV Casto, S Prasad - Hormones and behavior, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
This article provides recommendations for the study of women in hormones and competition
research. The goal of social neuroendocrinology is to discover the hormonal underpinnings …

[HTML][HTML] Women in their mid-follicular phase outcompete hormonal contraceptive users, an effect partially explained by relatively greater progesterone and cortisol …

KV Casto, LC Arthur, S Lynch-Wells… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
Early evidence suggests that hormonal contraceptive (HC) use alters psychological
functioning and competitive behavior. Yet, there is limited data on endocrine models for …

Reactive aggression tracks within‐participant changes in women's salivary testosterone

F Probst, J Golle, V Lory, JS Lobmaier - Aggressive behavior, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The relation between testosterone and aggression has been relatively well documented in
men, but it is less well understood in women. Here we assessed the relationship between …

Patterns in affect and personality states across the menstrual cycle.

J Stern, P Koval, K Blake - Journal of Personality and Social …, 2025 - psycnet.apa.org
Affective, behavioral, and cognitive (ie, personality) states fluctuate across situations and
context, yet the biological mechanisms regulating them remain unclear. Here, we report two …

Revisiting the relation between steroid hormones and unethicality in an exploratory, longitudinal study with female participants

J Stern, C Schild, I Zettler - Personality and Social …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on the relation between hormones and unethical behaviors and tendencies has
provided mixed results, hindering the understanding of the potential biological regulation of …

Investigating the ovulatory cycle

LLM Welling, RP Burriss - The Oxford handbook of evolutionary …, 2019 - books.google.com
An abundant amount of research into the human ovulatory cycle and related adaptive shifts
in preferences and behaviors has been published in recent decades. Evidence suggests …