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Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment
The impact of testosterone on decision-making is a growing literature, with several reports of economically relevant outcomes. Similar to Wibral et al. (2012), we investigate the effects of exogenous testosterone administration on deception in a double-blind placebo controlled study. Participants (N...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30068962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29928-z |
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author | Henderson, Austin Thoelen, Garrett Nadler, Amos Barraza, Jorge Nave, Gideon |
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description | The impact of testosterone on decision-making is a growing literature, with several reports of economically relevant outcomes. Similar to Wibral et al. (2012), we investigate the effects of exogenous testosterone administration on deception in a double-blind placebo controlled study. Participants (N = 242) were asked to roll a die in private and were paid according to their reported roll, which creates the opportunity to lie about the outcome to increase earnings. We find evidence for self-serving lying in both treatment and control groups and a statistically insignificant negative effect (d = −0.17, 95% CI[−0.42, 0.08]) indicating more honest behavior (i.e., lower reports) following testosterone administration. Although insignificant, the direction was the same as in the Wibral et al. study, and the meta-analytic effect of the two studies demonstrates lower reporting (i.e., more honesty) following testosterone (vs. placebo) administration, significant at the 0.05 level (d = −0.27, 95% CI[−0.49, −0.06]). We discuss how our results and methodology compare with Wibral et al. and identify potential causes for differences in findings. Finally, we consider several plausible connections between testosterone and lying that may be further investigated using alternative methodologies. |
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spelling | pubmed-60705592018-08-06 Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment Henderson, Austin Thoelen, Garrett Nadler, Amos Barraza, Jorge Nave, Gideon Sci Rep Article The impact of testosterone on decision-making is a growing literature, with several reports of economically relevant outcomes. Similar to Wibral et al. (2012), we investigate the effects of exogenous testosterone administration on deception in a double-blind placebo controlled study. Participants (N = 242) were asked to roll a die in private and were paid according to their reported roll, which creates the opportunity to lie about the outcome to increase earnings. We find evidence for self-serving lying in both treatment and control groups and a statistically insignificant negative effect (d = −0.17, 95% CI[−0.42, 0.08]) indicating more honest behavior (i.e., lower reports) following testosterone administration. Although insignificant, the direction was the same as in the Wibral et al. study, and the meta-analytic effect of the two studies demonstrates lower reporting (i.e., more honesty) following testosterone (vs. placebo) administration, significant at the 0.05 level (d = −0.27, 95% CI[−0.49, −0.06]). We discuss how our results and methodology compare with Wibral et al. and identify potential causes for differences in findings. Finally, we consider several plausible connections between testosterone and lying that may be further investigated using alternative methodologies. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6070559/ /pubmed/30068962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29928-z Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Henderson, Austin Thoelen, Garrett Nadler, Amos Barraza, Jorge Nave, Gideon Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
title | Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
title_full | Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
title_fullStr | Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
title_full_unstemmed | Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
title_short | Testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
title_sort | testing the influence of testosterone administration on men’s honesty in a large laboratory experiment |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30068962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29928-z |
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