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Testosterone is not alone: Internal secretions and external behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Robin Fox
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08540

Abstract

Using testosterone alone as a measure of dominance presents problems, especially when dominance is loosely defined to include a range of behaviors that may arise from multiple causes. Testosterone should be examined in relation to other hormonal and neurotransmitter factors, such as serotonin. Various hypotheses about the relationship between high and low levels of testosterone with serotonin and with impulse control are suggested for future study.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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