Testosterone has a public reputation as the hormone that turns men into boisterous louts at best, and violent criminals at worst.
New evidence is challenging that. Witness a new study that finds no link between testosterone concentrations and either delinquent behavior or depression in children and teenagers of both sexes–that is, if relations with parents are close.
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