APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
The Causal Effect of Testosterone on Male Competitive Behavior Is Moderated By Basal Cortisol Levels and Cues to an Opponent's Status
- Erik Knight
University of Oregon - Erik Knight
Pennsylvania State University - Pablo Morales
Seattle, WA - Colton Christian
Juneau, AK - William Harbaugh
University of Oregon - Pranjal Mehta
University of Oregon - Pranjal Mehta
University College London - Ulrich Mayr
University of Oregon
Abstract
Testosterone flexibly directs decisions to enter competitions based on cortisol levels and cues to opponents’ status. Men (n=115) given testosterone with high cortisol selectively competed against high-status opponents (male opponents, previous winners) and avoided low-status opponents (female opponents, previous losers); men given testosterone with low cortisol showed the opposite pattern.
Judgment and Decision Making
