Testoserone Boost - How Multiplayer Gameplay Increases Your Testoserone Levels

[Inverse Skies]

Testoserone Boost as simple as dominating in online gamplay.

Interestingly enough, in the paper today there was an article which stated that men who play violent video games have increases in their testoserone levels after doing so, a genetic throwback to our evolutionary origins. The online games siumulate the male to male group competition of our past and the release of extra testoserone and cortisol is used to divert blood to help sharpen cognitive skills and attention span.

Those who contributed most to their teams victory showed the highest increases in testoserone, with the gameplay mimicing the the co-operative survival skills needed against rival clans in the past. The article also suggests that why violent games appeal so much to men is they link to the evolved motivation to engage in male to male competition that has linked our past and sports to us, and uses the same systems which lead to military and political strategising.

Edit: Taken from the Herald Sun, using research from the University of Columbia.

 

[Neonbob]

Huh.
I suppose that would explain the instances of jackasses on the mics.
Lots of testosterone leads to more impulsive speaking?
Maybe?

And that's the likely reason for me not being able to sleep for a while after being online for an hour or two...huh. I thought it was really just because I was being entertained.

Oh, and inspired by your message:
NNNNEEEEERD RAAAAAGE!
X-D

 

[Aardvark]

If only they could find a way to have those online videogames also stimulate the same muscles that were used for surviving against rival clans in the past, we'd have a fit, ample, superior supply of battle-ready soldiers to throw against the plasma cannons and deathrippers of the next swarm of alien scum we decide need to be annihilated.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

SHIT, no more multiplayer for me.

 

[Aqualung]

Oh, no...

Does this mean I'm about to start growing male genitalia?!

 

[Mirroga]

I have always thought that multiplayer boosts my testosterone level because of competition. That is mostly the case, but a larger percentage of my boost is because either an ally or an enemy is a flaming jackass.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Oh, no...

Does this mean I'm about to start growing male genitalia?!

Don't worry, you lack the necessary chromosomes needed to do that.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Oh, no...

Does this mean I'm about to start growing male genitalia?!

I wouldn't worry until your voice starts cracking.... then be afraid.

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

Unless your on a Multiplayer game featuring 16yo's acting like their 20 and swearing in the mic, forean players who dont understand what im saying or players who are just idiots. In which case make my team(s) lose and makes me wonder "Im playing this again...Why?"

But the testos-thing (cant be arsed copy-pasta'ing it) with Multiplayer games Is an interesting thing to hear.

 

[Bassman_2]

So playing video games is when us nerds are at our deadliest....

 

[Mirroga]

So playing video games is when us nerds are at our deadliest....

I don't even think the nerds are the one even flaming or being a douche in the game. They are more like those stereotypical children acting like adults or the frat boys wanting a piece of the action.

 

[baseracer]

No wonder my vocabulary drops to a few words, most which are swears, when I am playing video games.

 

[lostclause]

Hadn't we already found this out with sports?

 

[Valiance]

"INCOMING RED ARMOR
INCOMING RED ARMOR
INCOMING RED ARMOR
INCOMING FLAG ROOM FROM RED ARMOR
FLAG IS LEAVING LOW
FLAG DOUBLED BACK AND WENT HIGH
FLAG LEAVING HIGH
FLAG CROSSING MID
FLAG CROSSED MID"

~~BLUE TEAM TAKES THE LEAD~~

"good job guys"

^ That basically sums up anything I ever say or do online. I have chat binds everywhere on my keyboard for it for public games, and on vent, well, any game I'm playing where I'm on vent goes much better than pubs.

 

[Wyes]

Oh, no...

Does this mean I'm about to start growing male genitalia?!

That is not a sentence anybody ever wishes to hear.

OT
Not really surprising, depending how much you're into evolutionary everything.

 

[blackshark121]

I just turned in a paper about why teens like video games so much... Had I known this, I could have added a page... darn.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Hadn't we already found this out with sports?

Yes, but now it's confirmed that co-operation in video games can have the same effects. It's mainly just interesting to see what influences the environment can have on the human body.