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June 15th, 2004, 07:13

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Men may be keener to fight than women because they feel less pain.

A Princeton University study has found that testosterone helps decrease sensitivity to physical pain, leading the researchers to hypothesize that this is one reason that men are more willing than women to engage in physical fighting.

http://www.nature.com/nsu/040614/040614-2.html

Nature Online, 15 June 2004

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