I'm not sure what's funnier: the results of this study or the fact that someone actually came up with it in the first place. It must have been a fun IRB.
From Agence France-Presse via Raw Story...
WASHINGTON — Men who voted for Republican John McCain in last year's
US presidential election saw their testosterone levels fall
significantly when they learned he had lost to Barack Obama, a study
showed Thursday.
Saliva samples collected from 163 men on the evening of the election showed that voters for both McCain and Obama had similar testosterone levels when polling stations closed on the east coast, but the levels in McCain backers fell when Obama was announced as the winner.
By contrast, testosterone levels among men who voted for Obama remained stable. Taking into account the fact that polls shut and results were announced at night -- a time when men's testosterone levels usually decline -- the study said the level was equivalent to a rise.
I guess the other research question I would have wanted to study would have been how high these guys' testosterone levels were spiked every time Sarah Palin shot something, encouraged rally mayhem, or winked at the camera.
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