Hormones and Decision Making

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

An investigation of the neuropsychological processes underlying ethical decision making.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin
• Treatments: Methyltestosterone; Testosterone; Testosterone 17 beta-cypionate; Testosterone enanthate; Testosterone undecanoate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• males between 18 and 25

Exclusion Criteria:

• recruitment will be limited to male participants between 18 and 25 years who have no current conditions that would preclude the use of testosterone. Specific exclusion criteria are:

• women of all ages

• males younger than 18 years and older than 25 years

• self-report discomfort with ingestion of testosterone for the purpose of this study

• body mass index lower than 18 or higher than 27

• prior diagnosis of major depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, phobia, anxiety disorder, or other psychiatric conditions

• first-degree relatives diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder

• presence of a medical condition that would preclude the use of testosterone

• use of medications that would preclude the use of testosterone

• consumption of more than 5 cigarettes a day

• current use of testosterone enhancing products, such as gels, creams, and injections