Andrew Huberman· PhD
Testosterone increases competitiveness in altruistic (e.g., charity auctions) & non altruistic (contact sport) competitions.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Testosterone increases competitiveness in altruistic (e.g., charity auctions) & non altruistic (contact sport) competitions.
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Testosterone increases competitiveness in altruistic (e.g., charity auctions) & non altruistic (contact sport) competitions
If you have a species that hands out status in a very different sort of way, testosterone is going to boost that also.
What you find is that increased testosterone or further increasing testosterone makes people more willing to compete, to give more money than the other person in the room in order, you know, to put it in air quotes, "To Alpha out the other person," by giving more money.