Testosterone & Estrogen - Home Court Advantage - by Sherry Baker (edited by me) - Psychology Today

Referring to Sports. - The Home Team Advantage.

Study by Pyschologists Cameron Muir & Justin Carre of Brock University in Ontario.

Prior to a game, testosterone levels are ahead of time, suggesting the hormone to "defend ones territory" just as a dog would defend its yard, players are encouraged to defend home court.

Testosterone levels also increased, due to the status after a win on home turf & but levels fall when players are away.

So hormones are directly related to personality, mood and aggression all contributing to human ability and behaviours - not just in sports either. Language, cognition, libido and health all fluctuate as hormone levels change.

Testosterone stirs aggression in status-hungry men, but minor in laid-back personalities.

Estrogen in women is been known to help keep sharp memories, women who take estrogen supplements, long after menopause, result in memory problems.

key: natural low levels of testosterone could explain his shrinking-violet personality and his failure to rise to the challenge when his status demanded it most...high testosterone (being hated or the pressure) causes the extreme or the motivation...

Men motivated by the quest of status, have a higher baseline of testosterone, the more they feel threatened, the more aggressive they can be.

After a game loss, Personalities - less-competitive players usually have modest levels who dont care about dominance, drop in testosterone levels - going into a sympathetic state.

Whereas high level players - who have a competitive mindset, the levels soar - almost surging and in a state of aggression, this also relates for mates.

key: alphas do everything to put down the underdog, when there is one goal they both want to get to...

the higher T, when stripped of status, become angrier, excited and cognitively impaired, the low level T, become angry and impaired when placed in a high status position they simply do not want.

"testosterone levels in the womb play a crucial part in spatial tasks."

Interesting fact or fact?

"2D4D digit ratio is - a ring finger longer than the index finger is linked to high exposure to prenatal testosterone. Women dont receive as much exposure, ring and index fingers are often equal.