Vol. 23 (Suppl 4) 2002 Neuro endocrinology letters

Sex hormones influence human cognitive pattern.

: The major sex differences in cognitive skills are summarized, and the role of sex hormones in early organization and possible maintenance of these differences is discussed. Using animal models and human hormonal anomalies, a good case can be made that prenatal androgens strongly influence adult cognitive pattern, though the relation b.....