I genuinely worried that testosterone might degrade my writing. But even if that wasn’t total paranoia a) estrogen would tend improve writing not the other way around and b) it would be a slow, subtle process taking years- and be impossible to prove in any individual case.
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Replying to @MagsVisaggs @ProfessorFrenzy
Bc there are studies suggesting male T levels are associated with poorer language skills.https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/08/does-testosterone-therapy-affect-the-brain.html …
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I read the study, and it’s being misinterpreted for sensationalism. There was a reduction of grey matter, but the researchers also found increased connectivity between the two regions which probably compensates. Also, no actual measurement of verbal ability was taken.
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Replying to @JaneDFraser666 @e_urq and
Generally speaking, mainstream media tends to misinterpret and/or exaggerate individual scientific studies to get attention. That’s not how science works. I wouldn’t pay any attention to what they’re saying; Dedicated science publications like psychology today are more reliable.
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1. I wrote the article. 2. I didn't misinterpret or exaggerate anything. 3. There are mountains of studies. coming at this from all kinds of angles, more than enough for a serious person to at least consider that testosterone has negative effects on language/verbal skills.
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No, you definitely the Hahn study. The connectivity changes and their compensation is an essential part of the study and needed to be mentioned.
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I did mention compensation.
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There's no evidence that connectivity changes were specifically the form compensation was happening, nor was the study designed to evaluate that. Your preferred hypothesis was not necessary for me to include in my article.
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