Hormone cortisol linked to increased aggression in 10-year-old boys
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 10:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Spanish researchers have studied the relationship between hormones and aggressive behaviour in girls and boys between the ages of eight and ten. The results confirm that the subjects who experienced the greatest increase in levels of aggression by ten years of age were those whose cortisol levels had also increased during those two years.