If you vote for John McCain in last year ’s election , you may have felt a pang of disappointment whenBarack Obamatook the leg . If you ’re manly , that twinge was more than political disagreement ; Obama may have frown your testosterone .
A Duke University study , conducted on November 4th , 2008 , measured voters ’ testosterone stratum before and after the succeeder was announced . player were asked to masticate a composition of glue at 8 pm , when the polls in North Carolina closed , and then again at 11:30pm after Obama ’s election was announced . By analyzing the spit samples in the glue , the researchers were able to analyze the testosterone levels of the participants .
Men generally see a fragile drop in testosterone over the course of the night , but the participant who vote for Obama did not experience a fall in testosterone . Male voter who vote for McCain or Libertarian campaigner Robert Barr , however , experienced a importantly greater driblet in testosterone than would be gestate . Female voters did not show a pregnant change in testosterone , regardless of whom they voted for .
Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar was stimulate by the meter reading that voters are physiologically so impact by election final result , and plans to do a like experimentation involving athletics alternatively of politics . He visualize studying Duke hoops fans is a salutary place to start .
[ Physorg ]
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