The underlying assumption in popular and scientific publications on sex differences in the
brain is that human brains can take one of two forms “male” or “female,” and that the�…

Whereas a categorical difference in the genitals has always been acknowledged, the
question of how far these categories extend into human biology is still not resolved�…

With the explosion of neuroimaging, differences between male and female brains have been
exhaustively analyzed. Here we synthesize three decades of human MRI and postmortem�…

In this mini-review, I summarize and interpret the current status of sex/gender differences in
terms of brain anatomy, brain function, behavior, and cognition. Based on this review and�…

At a population level, women and men differ in a wide variety of behavioral traits and in the
probabilities of developing certain mental disorders. Some of these sex differences may be�…

A substantial number of studies provide evidence documenting a variety of sex differences
in the brain. It remains unclear whether sexual differentiation at the neural level is related to�…

In 2001 the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences in the USA,
concluded that many aspects of both normal and pathological brain functioning exhibit�…

The paper reviews the relations between sex and brain in light of the binary
conceptualization of these relations and the challenges posed to it by the�…

Sex hormones act throughout the entire brain of both males and females via both genomic
and nongenomic receptors. Sex hormones can act through many cellular and molecular�…

Contrary to popular belief, sex hormones act throughout the entire brain of both males and
females via both genomic and nongenomic receptors. Many neural and behavioral functions�…