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#398: Carole Hooven, PhD – Testosterone: Behavioural Endocrinology & Sex Differences

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Danny Lennon

Sigma, Dietetics, Evidencebased, Nutrition, Training, Health & Fitness, Science, Diet, Fitness, Evidence, Bodybuilding, Health

4.8 β€’ 626 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Carole Hooven, PhD, is lecturer and codirector of undergraduate studies in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. She earned her PhD at Harvard, studying behavioral endocrinology and evolution of sex differences in humans (physiology, behavior and cognition). She has recently written a book on how testosterone influences behaviour and explains many sex differences. The book is titled 'T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us'.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. I am your host, Danny Lennon. Today we're at episode 398 of the podcast, and I'm delighted

0:25.4

to be talking to Dr. Carol Hoeven today, who is a lecturer at the Department of Human Evolutionary

0:31.9

Biology at Harvard University, where she teaches about behavioral endocrinology and evolution of sex differences in humans.

0:39.7

And that's an area in which she earned her PhD originally at Harvard a number of years ago.

0:45.1

And she has recently written a book on how testosterone influences behavior and explains many

0:51.9

sex differences that can be observed.

0:55.2

That book is titled T, The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone That Dominates and Divides Us.

1:00.5

And that's going to be much of our topic of discussion today to look at these potential

1:05.8

sex differences that are based on physiology with a specific focus here on the role of testosterone.

1:12.4

So hopefully you find this interesting.

1:15.2

If you want to get the show notes to this episode, you can go to sigmautrition.com

1:19.9

slash episode 398.

1:23.2

There you can find a transcript to this and previous episodes of the podcast.

1:27.3

You can find a breakdown of the topics discussed.

1:29.8

You can also find any links and resources that may be relevant to this episode.

1:35.0

And whilst you're over on sigmautrition.com, check out all our other content,

1:39.0

including our long form written statements, the Sigma statements that we have.

1:43.2

They are completely free for you to go

1:45.8

and read through. They are our position on various topics within nutrition science with the

1:52.5

supporting literature for those positions. And then you can also check out our recommended resources,

1:59.0

our coaching services, etc., etc.

2:03.5

So go and have a look around at sigmautrition.com.

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