Efectos organizacionales y activacionales de la testosterona sobre la asunción de riesgos en conductas económicas: una revisión sistemática

  1. David Siurana
  2. Raúl Espert
  3. Marien Gadea
Revista:
Suma Psicológica

ISSN: 0121-4381

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 24

Número: 2

Páginas: 142-152

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.SUMPSI.2017.06.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Suma Psicológica

Resumen

This systematic review undertook to evaluate the influence of circulating testosterone (activational effects) and the pre-natal exposure to this (organisational effects) as regards risk-taking decisions in financial behaviour. An evaluation was also made on the research work to date on this subject. The bibliographic database analysed was obtained from different databases specialised in the field of psychology and neuroscience. The results obtained show a relationship between circulating testosterone and financial risk-taking. As regards prenatal exposure, research on this topic is still in its infancy, since the few articles found widely differ in methodologies and results. It is hoped that this study will serve as an overview of the current state of the topic, in order to unify the methodologies and to try to improve the quality of future research.

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