“...testosterone rises in the winner compared to the loser.”
My experience and conclusion applied in my life....
Testostrerone does not put you on the top...but when you get there it increases dramatically as you are the new alpha.
50 years of ranching, dogging, horsing, heavy construction, combat arms, cut throat executive ranks....and controlling/leading the very rough men associated with those pursuits has always reinforced my prejudice is this matter.
I recall reading/seeing studies also indicating this in great apes and all cooperative group predators, ie chimps/gorillas/lions/wolves/wild dogs...even baboons.
Life’s beautiful tapestry.
It is good to be a king.
Then you get your ass kicked.
The meek shall inherit the earth-tell me why.
testosterone levels are a ‘lagging indicator’ not a leading one..................