I think your reference shows that testosterone increase risk taking refuting the title of the post. I think active testosterone means that circulating testosterone increase risk taking which would include adults.
I had an epiphany. I had a male cat which was neutered. Yet, he had low risk aversion. He would jump into the street gutter and go somewhere. One time he disappeared for 24 hours. I had a female cat which just stayed in the yard. This is evidence that males are already hardwired for low risk aversion before birth.
Male cats are also more inclined to wandering due to feline mating habits. The males typically get kicked out of their birth family upon reaching maturity to prevent incest, whereas the females lead and organize the clan. So the males need to wander till they find a family to join as adults.
The exact mechanisms of how this works aren’t really relevant to a discussion about humans since we don’t really operate the same way, at least not universally.
I think your reference shows that testosterone increase risk taking refuting the title of the post. I think active testosterone means that circulating testosterone increase risk taking which would include adults.
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“Prenatal testorone” means what your exposed to before birth at the earliest stages of development.
It is not the same as “testorone” that is in your blood as an adult.
They’re two completely different processes despite similar names.
I had an epiphany. I had a male cat which was neutered. Yet, he had low risk aversion. He would jump into the street gutter and go somewhere. One time he disappeared for 24 hours. I had a female cat which just stayed in the yard. This is evidence that males are already hardwired for low risk aversion before birth.
Male cats are also more inclined to wandering due to feline mating habits. The males typically get kicked out of their birth family upon reaching maturity to prevent incest, whereas the females lead and organize the clan. So the males need to wander till they find a family to join as adults.
The exact mechanisms of how this works aren’t really relevant to a discussion about humans since we don’t really operate the same way, at least not universally.