Testosterone, cortisol, and human competition

KV Casto, DA Edwards - Hormones and behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Testosterone and cortisol figure prominently in the research literature having to do with
human competition. In this review, we track the history of this literature, concentrating …

Exogenous testosterone rapidly increases aggressive behavior in dominant and impulsive men

JM Carré, SN Geniole, TL Ortiz, BM Bird, A Videto… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Although traditional wisdom suggests that baseline levels of testosterone (T)
promote aggressive behavior, decades of research have produced findings that have been …

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

JM Carré, J Archer - Current opinion in psychology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Human correlational studies show a weak link between testosterone and
aggression.•Acute changes in testosterone during competition increase subsequent …

Effects of competition outcome on testosterone concentrations in humans: An updated meta-analysis

SN Geniole, BM Bird, EL Ruddick, JM Carré - Hormones and behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
A contribution to a special issue on Hormones and Human Competition. Since Archer's
(2006) influential meta-analysis, there has been a major increase in the number of studies …

Human social neuroendocrinology: Review of the rapid effects of testosterone

SN Geniole, JM Carré - Hormones and behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Contribution to Special Issue on Fast effects of steroids. It is well documented that
testosterone concentrations change rapidly within reproductively relevant contexts (eg …

Functional significance of men's testosterone reactivity to social stimuli

S Zilioli, BM Bird - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid testosterone fluctuations in response to social stimuli are observed across a wide
range of species, and the highly conserved nature of these fluctuations suggests an …

Endocrinology of human female sexuality, mating, and reproductive behavior

NV Motta-Mena, DA Puts - Hormones and Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Hormones orchestrate and coordinate human female sexual development, sexuality, and
reproduction in relation to three types of phenotypic changes: life history transitions such as …

Beyond the challenge hypothesis: The emergence of the dual-hormone hypothesis and recommendations for future research

EL Knight, A Sarkar, S Prasad, PH Mehta - Hormones and Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
The challenge hypothesis makes specific predictions about the association between
testosterone and status-seeking behaviors, but the findings linking testosterone to these …