SEXUAL DIMORPHISM - TO WHAT DEGREE INFLUE NCE DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN STRUCTURE DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR

Authors
PRITZEL M MARKOWITSCH HJ
Citation
M. Pritzel et Hj. Markowitsch, SEXUAL DIMORPHISM - TO WHAT DEGREE INFLUE NCE DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN STRUCTURE DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR, Psychologische Rundschau, 48(1), 1997, pp. 16-31
Citations number
127
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychologische Rundschau → ACNP
ISSN journal
00333042
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
16 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3042(1997)48:1<16:SD-TWD>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Male and female brains differ. This difference can be demonstrated mor phologically as well as biochemically; it implies differences in behav ior. This is demonstrated on the basis of a survey of recent studies o n animals and human beings. It is shown that even sexual orientations (homo-/heterosermality) are reflected anatomically. It is nevertheless emphasized that only environmentally induced influences provide the f inal shaping of anatomical structures.