?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Sex+Difference+in+Testosterone+Response+to+a+Video+Game+Contest&rft.creator=Mazur%2C+Allan&rft.creator=Susman%2C+Elizabeth+J.&rft.creator=Edelbrock%2C+Sandy&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Testosterone+(T)+and+cortisol+(C)+were+assayed+from+saliva+samples+given+by+young+men+(n+%3D+28)+and+women+(n+%3D+32)+before%2C+during%2C+and+after+competing+with+a+same-sex+partner+in+a+video+game.+The+T+response+to+the+competition+is+different+in+each+sex%3B+the+C+response+is+the+same.+Male+results+confirm+prior+reports+of+a+pre-contest+rise+in+testosterone.+Male+results+did+not+confirm+previous+findings+that+after+a+contest%2C+the+testosterone+of+winners+is+higher+than+that+of+losers%2C+perhaps+because+the+video+game+contest+produced+little+mood+difference+between+male+winners+and+losers.+Unlike+male+testosterone%2C+female+testosterone+generally+decreased+throughout+the+experiment.+Trends+in+T+and+C+are+parallel+in+women+but+not+in+men.+Apparently+T+works+differently+in+competition+between+men+than+between+women.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F630%2F1%2FPong.html&rft.identifier=++Mazur%2C+Allan+and+Susman%2C+Elizabeth+J.+and+Edelbrock%2C+Sandy++(1997)+Sex+Difference+in+Testosterone+Response+to+a+Video+Game+Contest.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F630%2F