Researchers in Australia have suggested that the presence of an attractive woman boosts testosterone levels in young men, triggering their capacity for physical risk.

As a part of the study, Richard Ronay and William von Hippel of the University of Queensland asked young adult men to perform both easy and difficult tricks on skateboards, first in front of another male and then in front of a young, attractive female.

The skateboarder's testosterone levels were measured after each trick.

The result revealed that when skateboarders underwent tricks, they make a split-second decision about whether to quit the trick or try to strike it, based on a midair evaluation of the likelihood of success and on the physical costs of failure.

The study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, discovered that the young men made attempts to take higher risks in the presence of the attractive female even when they knew there was a high probability that they would crash.

Testosterone levels measured were revealed to be significantly higher compared to those men who were in the presence of another male.