Ovulatory shift, hormonal changes, and no effects on incentivized decision-making

IF 2.5 2区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2023.102656

Miloš Fišar , Lubomír Cingl , Tommaso Reggiani , Eva Kundtová Klocová , Radek Kundt , Jan Krátký , Katarína Kostolanská , Petra Bencúrová , Marie Kudličková Pešková , Klára Marečková

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Abstract

Employing an incentivized controlled lab experiment, we investigate the effects of ovulatory shift on salient behavioral outcomes related to (i) risk preferences, (ii) rule violation, and (iii) exploratory attitude. As evolutionary psychology suggests, these outcomes may play an important role in economic decision-making and represent behavioral aspects that may systematically vary over the menstrual cycle to increase the reproductive success. Exploiting a within-subjects design, 124 naturally cycling females participated in experimental sessions during their ovulation and menstruation, the phases between which the difference in the investigated behavior should be the largest. In each session, hormonal samples for cortisol, estradiol, and testosterone were collected. The group of women was also contrasted against an auxiliary reference group composed of 47 males, who are not subject to hormonal variations of this nature. Our results reveal no systematic behavioral differences between the ovulation and menstruation phases.

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排卵改变，荷尔蒙变化，对激励决策没有影响

采用激励控制的实验室实验，我们研究了排卵变化对与(i)风险偏好、(ii)违反规则和(iii)探索态度相关的显著行为结果的影响。正如进化心理学所表明的，这些结果可能在经济决策中发挥重要作用，并代表了在月经周期中系统变化以提高生殖成功率的行为方面。利用受试者内设计，124名自然循环的女性在排卵期和月经期参加了实验，这两个阶段之间的调查行为差异应该是最大的。在每个疗程中，收集皮质醇、雌二醇和睾酮的激素样本。这组女性还与由47名男性组成的辅助参照组进行了对比，这些男性不受这种性质的荷尔蒙变化的影响。我们的研究结果显示排卵期和月经期之间没有系统的行为差异。

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Journal of Economic Psychology Multiple-

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5.20

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31.40%

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63 days

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