Testosterone's Role in Modulating Human Behaviors Relevant to Mating and Parenting

We examined whether the available evidence supports trade-off interpretations of T's adaptive function whereby high T levels correspond to greater mating/reproductive effort and competition and low T levels to greater parenting effort and nurturance. We found mixed support for trade-off hypotheses, suggesting that T's function in modulating human mating and parenting might be more nuanced and highly dependent on context and individual trait differences. Results were largely similar for men and women, although studies with women were scarcer than those with men for most behaviors we reviewed.PMID:37972861 | DOI:10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101112

Source: Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology - November 16, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Francesca R Luberti Justin M Carr é Source Type: research