ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2021
Role of Cortisol and Testosterone in Risky Decision-Making: Deciphering Male Decision-Making in the Iowa Gambling Task.
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- Opposing Roles of Testosterone and Cortisol in Prosocial Risk-Taking.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Gonadal hormones and impulsivity facets: moderating roles of cortisol and anxiety.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cross-species comparison of rodent and human decision-making in the Iowa Gambling Task in select neurological and psychiatric disorders: translational approach to examine age- and sex-specific effects of stress and corticolimbic perturbations.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Stress Induced Cortisol Release Depresses The Secretion of Testosterone in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Clinical medicine insights. Endocrinology and diabetes · 2023Article
- A Bayesian Modeling Approach to Examine the Role of Testosterone Administration on the Endowment Effect and Risk-Taking.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite the widely observed high risk-taking behaviors in males, studies using the Iowa gambling task (IGT) have suggested that males choose safe long-term rewards over risky short-term rewards. The role of sex and stress hormones in male decision-making is examined in the initial uncertainty and the latter risk phase of the IGT. The task was tested at peak hormone activity, with breath counting to facilitate cortisol regulation and its cognitive benefits. Results from IGT decision-making before and after counting with saliva samples from two all-male groups (breath
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