Testosterone Levels Dive With Election Losses

It's true that winning isn't everything, but it is turning out to be
considerably more than many people thought. Just watching a political
candidate lose an election, it seems, can cause a man's testosterone
level to dip.The Scientific American reports
on the revelation by neuroscientists at Duke University, where
researchers monitored testosterone levels from the saliva of 163
college-age volunteers. The male participants would normally
have shown a slight nighttime drop in testosterone levels anyway, but on election might
Obama voters' levels did
not fall as they should have, while those of McCain backers
dropped more than would have been expected. The journal reminds readers
that previous research had shown that personally winning and losing in
sports
matches and other competitions raised and lowered testosterone levels
in men.

Read more in the Scientific American