Endocrinology - Testos & dominance
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What does testosterone induce in male, female mice, rats, wolves, horses, cows, primates & humans?
- Social dominance
- confidence
- fearlessness
=> testos = very powerful in social anxiety
By what are the actions of testosterone in the brain provoked?
What are typical dominance and submission signals?
Submission = gaze aversion
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By which method can dominance and submission be measured and how?
- Measured by Emotional stroop task through color naming
- when face = anger; testos will interfere and therefore increase reaction Tim
=> likely that female are more sensitive to social behavioral effects of testos
Explain the vaginal pulse amplitude method related to social, emotional, sexual behavior:
- Non-habitual measure known in humans & other animals
- measure of blood flow in vagina
- Testos increases vaginal pulse: preparing women for sexual intercourse when seeing partner or pornographic movies
How do women react to angry faces?
- Cardiac acceleration
- defense reflex
=> most likely preparation for Fight/Flight response
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