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New Scientist reports on a study that pitted male gamers against groups of
friends or groups of strangers in Unreal Tournament 2004, and measured their
testosterone levels, learning: "Victorious gamers enjoy a surge of testosterone
– but only if their vanquished foe is a stranger. When male gamers beat friends
in a shoot-em-up video game, levels of the potent sex hormone plummeted." This
jibes with previous research involving dominos players, and helps them reach
this conclusion: "This suggests that multiplayer video games tap into the same
mechanisms as warfare, where testosterone's effect on aggression is
advantageous." Thanks Mike Martinez.
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