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28 Post author: gwern 20 October 2011 02:05PM

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Comment author: Jesper_Ostman 20 October 2011 04:22:21PM 5 points [-]

I'm curious about your musings on the connection between masturbation and risk-taking. Would it be mediated by testosterone levels?

I've heard several people mention the idea that frequent masturbation would lower testosterone levels. But after a very brief search, I found claims that no studies supporting such a relationship exists, and a study (admittedly with few subjects) which failed to find any effects from sexual activity on blood plasma testosterone levels. Know any results to the contrary?

Comment author: gwern 20 October 2011 04:35:13PM 2 points [-]

Would it be mediated by testosterone levels?

That was the obvious place to look for such connections, yeah, even before I went through the Eisenegger review; I already have a cite that fatherhood reduces testosterone levels.