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Euro 2012: England v Ukraine – The science of home advantage

Noted: Matthew Fuxjager and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison let male mice chalk up three rigged “wins” against other mice and then after a fourth win, studied how many “androgen receptors” there were in key parts of their brains. Androgen receptors are receiving stations for testosterone, and the more there are of them, the more powerfully any single spurt of testosterone will affect the brain.