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Testosterone levels and spatial ability in men
Abstract
Testosterone (T) levels were measured by salivary assays in 59 males at times of the day when T was expected to be highest and lowest. Relationships were evaluated for mean hormone levels across the two sessions and hormone level changes between sessions with performance on three-dimensional mental rotations, a spatial test which customarily favours males. An anagrams task and the digit symbol test were used as controls. Mental rotations scores showed a significant positive relationship with mean T levels but not with changes in T. There were no significant relationships between control test scores and mean T levels. Findings are discussed in terms of their contributions to the resolution of ambiguities in prior reported data.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Silverman, I., Kastuk, D., Choi, J., & Phillips, K.
- Affiliations
- York University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Silverman, Irwin
- Venue
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-11
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 813-822
- ISSN
- 0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2132952248
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 14.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Keywords
- testosterone, spatial ability, mental rotation, salivary hormone levels, sex differences, diurnal variation, men, anagrams, digit symbol test
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aptitude, Circadian Rhythm, Depth Perception, Female, Humans, Male, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Problem Solving, Saliva, Sex Characteristics, Space Perception, Testosterone
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