Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 Aug;36(7):935-44. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.001. Epub 2011 Mar 2.
Testosterone concentrations fluctuate rapidly in response to competitive and aggressive interactions, suggesting that changes in testosterone rather than baseline differences shape ongoing and/or future competitive and aggressive behaviors. Although recent experiments in animal models provide compelling empirical support for this idea, studies in humans have focused largely on how competitive interactions drive changes in testosterone concentrations and not how these changes influence subsequent behavior. In this paper, we provide a review of the literature on testosterone and human aggression with a main focus on the role of testosterone dynamics in modulating reactive aggression. We also speculate on one putative neural mechanism through which testosterone may bias human aggressive behavior. Finally, we conclude by highlighting important questions that should be addressed in future research.
睾酮浓度会因竞争和攻击性行为而迅速波动，这表明睾酮的变化而不是基线差异塑造了持续的和/或未来的竞争和攻击行为。尽管动物模型的最近实验提供了令人信服的经验支持，但人类的研究主要集中在竞争互动如何导致睾酮浓度的变化，而不是这些变化如何影响后续的行为。在本文中，我们回顾了关于睾酮和人类攻击性的文献，主要关注睾酮动态在调节反应性攻击中的作用。我们还推测了一个可能的神经机制，通过该机制，睾酮可能会影响人类的攻击性行为。最后，我们通过强调未来研究中应该解决的重要问题来结束本文。
