Variability in ratings of trustworthiness across the menstrual cycle
| Autor: | Onur Güntürkün, B. L. Herrmann, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Martin Brüne, Oliver T. Wolf, Claudia C. Wolf, Marlies Pinnow, Anna Ball |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Adult
Male Attractiveness Estradiol General Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Medizin Interpersonal communication Preovulatory Phase Trust Judgment Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Dictator game Trustworthiness Humans Female Psychology human activities Social psychology Menstrual Cycle Progesterone health care economics and organizations Menstrual cycle media_common |
| Popis: | a b s t r a c t This study investigated how trusting behavior varies in naturally cycling women, as a function of sex and attractiveness of players in a trust game, at three distinct phases of the menstrual cycle. Women acted more cautiously in an investment game at the preovulatory phase, compared to the menstrual and the mid-luteal phase. Reduced willingness to trust in strangers was particularly expressed toward male players at this time. The increase of estradiol levels from menses to the preovulatory phase was negatively correlated with trust in attractive male other players, whereas the increase of progesterone levels from menses to the mid-luteal phase was positively associated with trust in unattractive female other players. No particular contribution of a single hormone level could be identified for the generally reduced willingness to trust in strangers in the preovulatory phase. Thus, the results emphasize the impact of the menstrual cycle on interpersonal trust, although the exact mode of hormonal action needs to be further investigated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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