Increased testosterone men will be more impulsive

Testosterone is a hormone with reputation, associated with masculinity. However, according to new findings, testosterone and impulsivity are proportional to each other.

Two scientists Gideon Nave (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Amos Nadler (University of Western University, Canada) have examined the effect of this hormone on the ability of volunteers to participate in testing, and published In the scientific journal Psychological Science: testosterone has made men give results . wrong.

The researchers organized 243 university students to their labs. Volunteers who participated in the experiment were asked to take off their shirts and apply a layer of gel to their chest and shoulders.

All gel samples were given to the volunteers on the outside and smelled the same. But of those, 125 who used the gel were testosterone, while the remaining 118 used this non-hormone gel. The participants of the experiment were not aware of this difference.

Testosterone can take control of reason.

After four hours, by the time those who used gel ingredients testosterone was absorbed to the highest degree in the blood vessels and was thought to be able to influence each person's decision making, each birth. You will be asked a series of questions with a small cash reward for each correct answer. Three of the questions designed 'tips' can lead to inaccurate answers. Other questions simply require the ability to calculate arithmetic accurately.

The results showed that volunteers using testosterone-containing gels answered 'trick' questions about 20% less than those using testosterone-free gels. While for questions that require only numerical calculation skills, the correct answer for the two groups is similar.

According to the researchers, it is a big gap in terms of academia.

The main difference may be due to the amount of testosterone that seems to cause inhibition of brain's frontal lobe activity , according to a previous study of this study.

'The frontal lobe is the operating part of the brain' - Dr. Nadler explained - 'Instead of being able to make decisions in the best possible way, testosterone may make you lose this ability'.

The hasty answers to the proven math questions are the manifestations of impulsivity, impatience - scientists said.

In the short term, what the scientists have experimented with is that it can make women feel gloating about men. However, men can also rely on that to explain their impulsiveness by blaming . testosterone.

"Testosterone can take control of reason" - Professor Gideon Nave, a marketing lecturer at Wharton University of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), an expert who participated in the study.

It can also be a warning for those who believe in the adverts 'Want to be better in sex?' or celebrate the benefits of testosterone in bodybuilding.

Men can also rely on it to explain their impulsiveness by blaming . testosterone.

There have been numerous legal allegations against testosterone supplements that suggest excessive use in men - which already has this hormone much more than women - will be able to destroy the heart system. circuit and cause many other side effects.

While Nave and Nadler showed some negative aspects of testosterone, they also said that while some situations require cognitive calculations, in some cases testosterone It is useful, for example when it is necessary to make a decision right away in the form of a 'hit or a dragon'.

'Stimulating instinctive reactions by testosterone can create the necessary flexibility in situations where success depends on instincts, for example during intercourse' - research results shows.

'There is no obvious right and wrong' - Dr. Nave acknowledges - 'but the experiment that we have conducted shows that, in the case of mathematics, it is a clear and true right and wrong'.