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Placebo-controlled manipulations of testosterone levels and dominance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Ronal E. O'Carroll
Ronal E. O'Carroll
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, United Kingdomreo1@stir.ac.uk
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Abstract

Mazur & Booth present an intriguing model of the relationship between circulating testosterone levels and dominance behaviour in man, but their review of studies on testosterone–behaviour relationships in man is selective. Much of the evidence they cite is correlational in nature. Placebo-controlled manipulations of testosterone levels are required to test their hypothesis that dominance levels are testosterone-dependent in man. The changes in testosterone level that follow behavioural experience may be a consequence of stress. Testosterone levels in man are determined by a wide variety of factors, and a multivariate approach is required.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 382 - 383
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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