RE: Hormones and the mental health of crazy people
July 25, 2014 at 2:56 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2014 at 2:57 pm by Cato.)
(July 25, 2014 at 8:46 am)JuliaL Wrote: The association between testosterone and violent aggressive behavior is documented, but the mechanism needs much more study before detailed causation can be explained and the side effects accurately predicted. Personally, I wonder what the subjective experience is but I'm not willing to pull the trigger on that gun to find out for myself.
I'm trusting Patricia Churchland here, but the testosterone and aggression link isn't as 'clean' as typically reported. There's evidence that seratonin levels play and important role as well as an individual's childhood exposure to abuse. This seems to support your initial concern of not getting too enamored with any claims that suggest a particular hormone results in a particular behavior.
