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Testosterone spikes linked to stronger political opinions in men

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74% Informative

A series of three studies on healthy men found that their political opinion changes were weakly associated with changes in testosterone levels.

The research was published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology .

Testosterone is a steroid hormone primarily produced in the testes in men and the ovaries in women.

Elevated testosterone can support risk-taking and assertiveness but excessive levels may impair emotional regulation.

VR Score

85

Informative language

93

Neutral language

27

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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