Randomized trial · 2010

Prejudice and truth about the effect of testosterone on human bargaining behaviour

C. Eisenegger, M. Naef, R. Snozzi, M. Heinrichs, E. Fehr. Nature · N=121.

Single-dose T in women increased fair ultimatum offers. Belief that one received T — regardless of actual drug — increased unfairness. The folk hypothesis moved behavior more than the molecule in the belief arm.

Open source doi:10.1038/nature08711 PMID 19997098

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Exogenous T changes bargaining — but not in the folk direction, and not in every lab.

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