Extra testosterone reduces your empathy

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 12:22 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person's ability to 'mind read,' an indication of empathy. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

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