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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Testosterone administration modulates inequality aversion in healthy males: evidence from computational modeling |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Psychoneuroendocrinology |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0306-4530 |
| Volume | 155 |
| Page Range | 106321 |
| Date | 2023 |
| Abstract Text | Fairness concerns play a prominent role in promoting cooperation in human societies. Social preferences involving fairness concern have been associated with individual testosterone levels. However, the causal effects of testosterone administration on fairness-related decision making remain to be elucidated. Here, we used a randomized, double-blind, between-participant design and administered testosterone or placebo gel to 120 healthy young men. Three hours after administration, participants performed a modified Dictator Game from behavioral economics, in which they were asked to choose one of two monetary allocations between themselves and anonymous partners. Participants were either in a position of advantageous inequality (i.e., endowed with more than others) or disadvantageous inequality (i.e., endowed with less than others). Computational modeling showed that inequality-related preferences explained behavior better than competing models. Importantly, compared with the placebo group, the testosterone group showed significantly reduced aversion to advantageous inequality but enhanced aversion to disadvantageous inequality. These findings suggest that testosterone facilitates decisions that prioritize selfish economic motives over fairness concerns, which in turn may boost status-enhancing behaviors. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106321 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:24177 |
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| Keywords | Biological psychiatry, psychiatry and mental health, endocrine and autonomic systems, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, advantageous inequality, disadvantageous inequality, inequality aversion, fairness-related decision-making, testosterone, computational model |