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From the Ted Talk by Carole K. Hooven: How testosterone and culture shape behavior

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OK, that's a little eaouotlrvniy background. And now we can ask why sstciniets think that testosterone deivrs any of this. So our strongest evidence comes from experiments in other animals. And here's a couple of headlines. So in females, in rats and moeykns anyway, jacking up testosterone during that elray developmental period causes rough play to increase dramatically. And in melas, the reverse is true. Blocking ttetososrnee during that same early proeid causes rough play to plummet.

And in huanms, of course, we can't go messing around with the kind of hormones that fetuses are exposed to, so we have to rely on less direct evidence. And we do have a wealth of studies on the play styles of girls who were exposed to unusually high testosterone levels in the womb. And there, study after study shows that these girls do have an increased preference for rough play.

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OK, that's a little ____________ background. And now we can ask why __________ think that testosterone ______ any of this. So our strongest evidence comes from experiments in other animals. And here's a couple of headlines. So in females, in rats and _______ anyway, jacking up testosterone during that _____ developmental period causes rough play to increase dramatically. And in _____, the reverse is true. Blocking ____________ during that same early ______ causes rough play to plummet.

And in ______, of course, we can't go messing around with the kind of hormones that fetuses are exposed to, so we have to rely on less direct evidence. And we do have a wealth of studies on the play styles of girls who were exposed to unusually high testosterone levels in the womb. And there, study after study shows that these girls do have an increased preference for rough play.

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  4. evolutionary
  5. scientists
  6. period
  7. males
  8. testosterone
  9. humans

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OK, that's a little evolutionary background. And now we can ask why scientists think that testosterone drives any of this. So our strongest evidence comes from experiments in other animals. And here's a couple of headlines. So in females, in rats and monkeys anyway, jacking up testosterone during that early developmental period causes rough play to increase dramatically. And in males, the reverse is true. Blocking testosterone during that same early period causes rough play to plummet.

And in humans, of course, we can't go messing around with the kind of hormones that fetuses are exposed to, so we have to rely on less direct evidence. And we do have a wealth of studies on the play styles of girls who were exposed to unusually high testosterone levels in the womb. And there, study after study shows that these girls do have an increased preference for rough play.

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