Higher levels of testosterone (T) are thought to promote aggressive and/or antisocial
behavior as a means of achieving or maintaining social status. However, recent research …

Hormone (testosterone, cortisol)–behavior relationships have been extensively studied
among male competitors, and far less so among female competitors. To address this gap …

Testosterone (T) levels can fluctuate after wins and losses, but surprisingly, there are no
empirical studies in humans that have tested whether these post-competition T changes …

It has been proposed in the literature that the testosterone (T) response to competition in
humans may be modulated by cognitive variables. In a previous experiment with a female …

The present study analyzes the testosterone (T), cortisol (C) and emotional response in
competitive interactions between dyads, as well as the relationship between basal T and the …

Testosterone (T) increases after competition have typically been attributed to winning, yet
there is also evidence that being victorious is not in itself sufficient to provoke a T response …

This study examined hormonal responses to competition in relation to gender, social
context, and implicit motives. Participants (N= 326) were randomly assigned to win or lose in …

Men and women from a southern university's intercollegiate varsity soccer teams gave saliva
samples before and after league matches. For the men, samples were collected for a single …

Social interactions elicit androgen responses whose function has been posited to be the
adjustment of androgen-dependent behaviors to social context. The activation of this …

Transient shifts in testosterone occur during competition and are thought to positively
influence dominance behavior aimed at enhancing social status. However, individual …