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Wanttoknowifyourpartnerwillbeagood dad?MeasurehisTESTICLES:Menwithsmall glandsaremoreinvolvedinparenting

Fatherswithsmalltesticlesmorelikelytobeinvolvedinchildcarebecause theyhavelowertestosteronelevels Decreasesintestosteronemaysuppressmatingefforts,channellingamans energytowardchildcare Testesvolumeisassociatedwithspermproductionandtestosteronelevels
ByEmmaInnes PUBLISHED:14:33EST,9September2013|UPDATED:14:33EST,9September2013

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Menwithsmalltesticlesarebetterparents,newresearchsuggests. Researchersfoundthatfatherswithsmallertesticlesaremorelikelytobeinvolvedinchildcare. Previousstudieshavesuggestedthatdecreasesintestosteronemaysuppressmatingefforts,potentially channellingamansenergytowardthecareofinfants.

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Fatherswithsmalltesticlesaremorelikelytobeinvolvedinchildcarethanthosewith largertesticles

ThistiesinwithanevolutionaryhypothesiscalledLifeHistoryTheorywhichholdsthatmatingandparenting competeforthelimitedenergyanimalsexpendonreproduction,reportstheProceedingsoftheNational AcademyofSciencesOnline. DrJamesRilling,ofAtlanta'sEmoryUniversity,decidedtoinvestigatethelinkbetweentestessizeand parentingamongmen. Testesvolumeisassociatedwithspermproductionandtestosteronelevels. Histeamstudied70fathersagedbetween21and43,allwithyoungchildren. TheirtestesweremeasuredandMRIscanningwasusedtomonitortheactivityinaregionofthebrain implicatedinparentalmotivation,whilethemenviewedphotographsoftheirownchild,astranger'schild, andanadultstranger. Thespecificmeasurementsofa'large'or'small'testiclewerenotmadeclearinthestudy,however. Themen'spartnersansweredaparentingquestionnairethatquestionedthefathers'involvementintasks suchastakingchildrentohealthcarevisitsandattendingtochildrenatnight.

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Decreasesintestosteronemaysuppressmatingefforts,potentiallychannellingaman's energytowardthecareofinfants

Theresearchersfoundthatfathers'testessizewasnegativelytiedtonurturingrelatedbrainactivity triggeredwhiletheyviewedpicturesoftheirownchild. Inparticular,fatherswhoweremoreresponsivethanotherstotheirchild'semotionalfacestendedtohave smallertestesandbemoreinvolvedininfantcare. DrRillingsaid:Thelinkbetweentestessizeandparentingrelatedbrainactivitysuggestsatradeoff betweenmatingandparenting. FROMTHEWEB byTaboola

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