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Antisocial attitudes and physical strength may have the same underlying cause (psmag.com)
22 points by gmays on March 11, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Higher natural testosterone levels in the aggressive and eventually stronger boys? I was disappointed they didn't even mention testosterone.


The actual relationship of testosterone levels – natural or supplemented – on aggression is quite a bit murkier than, and perhaps even the opposite of, common folklore. See for example:

http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/testosteron...

Note one of the interesting results mentioned there: telling people they got testosterone made them make less-fair offers in a negotiation game... while actually administering testosterone resulted in fairer offers.


> bullies ... taking a classmate's lunch money

Gotta love USA.

Any other language it would be more like "juvenile delinquents stealing money from children"




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