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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/17906| Appears in Collections: | Psychology Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Testosterone and financial risk preferences |
| Author(s): | Apicella, Coren L Drebner, Anna Campbell, Benjamin Gray, Peter B Hoffman, Moshe Little, Anthony |
| Contact Email: | anthony.little@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | association BEHAVIOR C financial Food LEVEL levels Men preference Preferences RANGE REAL relationship rights risk SAMPLE |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2008 |
| Date Deposited: | 5-Dec-2013 |
| Citation: | Apicella CL, Drebner A, Campbell B, Gray PB, Hoffman M & Little A (2008) Testosterone and financial risk preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29 (6), pp. 384-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.07.001 |
| Abstract: | Many human behaviors, from mating to food acquisition and aggressiveness, entail some degree of risk. Testosterone, a steroid hormone, has been implicated in a wide range of such behaviors in men. However, little is known about the specific relationship between testosterone and risk preferences. In this article, we explore the relationship between prenatal and pubertal testosterone exposure, current testosterone, and financial risk preferences in men. Using a sample of 98 men, we find that risk-taking in an investment game with potential for real monetary payoffs correlates positively with salivary testosterone levels and facial masculinity, with the latter being a proxy of pubertal hormone exposure. 2D:4D, which has been proposed as a proxy for prenatal hormone exposure, did not correlate significantly with risk preferences. Although this is a study of association, the results may shed light on biological determinants of risk preferences. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.07.001 |
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