Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior

L Christov-Moore, EA Simpson, G Coudé… - … & biobehavioral reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Evidence suggests that there are differences in the capacity for empathy between males and
females. However, how deep do these differences go? Stereotypically, females are …

Social neuroendocrinology of human aggression: examining the role of competition-induced testosterone dynamics

JM Carré, NA Olmstead - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
A large body of evidence indicates that individual differences in baseline concentrations of
testosterone (T) are only weakly correlated with human aggression. Importantly, T …

Sacrificial utilitarian judgments do reflect concern for the greater good: Clarification via process dissociation and the judgments of philosophers

P Conway, J Goldstein-Greenwood, D Polacek… - Cognition, 2018 - Elsevier
Researchers have used “sacrificial” trolley-type dilemmas (where harmful actions promote
the greater good) to model competing influences on moral judgment: affective reactions to …

Low levels of empathic concern predict utilitarian moral judgment

E Gleichgerrcht, L Young - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Classic moral dilemmas are often defined by the
conflict between a putatively rational response to maximize aggregate welfare (ie, the …

Digit ratio (2D: 4D): a biomarker for prenatal sex steroids and adult sex steroids in challenge situations

J Manning, L Kilduff, C Cook, B Crewther… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Digit ratio (2D: 4D) denotes the relative length of the second and fourth digits. This ratio is
considered to be a biomarker of the balance between fetal testosterone (T) and estrogen (E) …

Reduced empathic concern leads to utilitarian moral judgments in trait alexithymia

I Patil, G Silani - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Recent research with moral dilemmas supports dual-process model of moral decision
making. This model posits two different paths via which people can endorse utilitarian …

Opposing effects of oxytocin on moral judgment in males and females

D Scheele, N Striepens, KM Kendrick… - Human brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Current perspectives on the evolutionary roots of human morality suggest it arose to
incentivize social cooperation by promoting feelings of disgust toward selfish behavior …

The drunk utilitarian: Blood alcohol concentration predicts utilitarian responses in moral dilemmas

AA Duke, L Bègue - Cognition, 2015 - Elsevier
The hypothetical moral dilemma known as the trolley problem has become a methodological
cornerstone in the psychological study of moral reasoning and yet, there remains …

[HTML][HTML] Salivary testosterone change following monetary wins and losses predicts future financial risk-taking

CL Apicella, A Dreber, J Mollerstrom - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
While baseline testosterone has recently been implicated in risk-taking in men, less is
known about the effects of changing levels of testosterone on financial risk. Here we attempt …

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 …