Men who experience excess testosterone tend to be stingy

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 08:32 Written by putra Saturday, 10 July 2010 08:24

Many men think that the higher the hormone testosterone, they will be more manly. But not this time. British researchers say that men with excess levels of testosterone have a stingy nature. It turns out the excess hormones can reduce the level of generosity of men to 27 percent.

As quoted from Dailymail’s health care information, researchers from Claremont Graduate University in trying to analyze the nature of the generous 25 male respondents. Respondents were given a gel containing the hormone testosterone by the researcher.

Hormones trigger sexual desire in men will then enter into the bloodstream through blood vessels. Each respondent was also given a placebo cream (not containing any substance) as a comparison when he was in a high level of testosterone or low.

Giving cream made at random but using the code. Neither researchers nor respondents know what cream they use during the natural health study. Respondents were then asked to make a game on the computer that relate to economic and trading.

It turned out, those who use testosterone gel tends hard to spend money at the time of the game. The fact that happened, it was opposite in men who used a placebo cream. Those who do not experience the addition of more testosterone find it easy to spend money.

Researchers also do the calculation and analysis of outcome data. And the researchers hypothesis is that the addition of the hormone testosterone in the male lead character and generous philanthropist was reduced by 27 percent.

For more convincing, the researchers tried another type of hormone similar to testosterone, namely dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on the respondent. And the results indicated the same symptoms. Men who have high DHT hormone in the bloodstream are known to be stingy when playing in an economic game.

Testosterone is a hormone that tends to determine the nature of man, which is often identified with male virility, such as muscular big, deep voice, and other hairy. This hormone is also found in women, but in very small quantities.

In men, this hormone works to increase libido, energy, immune function, and protection against osteoporosis. Not yet known with certainty the relationship between the hormone testosterone to a man’s generous nature. However this is associated with a generous nature itself that is owned more women who are naturally have low testosterone. But researchers still assume and find out the answer.

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