'This work demonstrates that gender has an independent influence on the brain, beyond the influence of sex itself,' the researchers told Newsweek.
When it comes to our brains, neuroscientists have found that sex and gender are associated with distinct neural networks; and researchers hope that their findings will underscore the importance of considering sex and gender separately in medical contexts to ensure equal access to optimal treatment outcomes.According to the National Institutes of Health, sex is a biological construct assigned at birth based on physical attributes like our anatomy and X and Y chromosomes.
'Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study with 4,757 participants, we analyzed functional MRI data to see how different brain regions communicate and form networks.'The team explored how these networks related to the individuals' binary assignment of sex at birth and to their gender, as reported by the young participants and their parents. 'We found that sex and gender each influence different brain networks,' Dhamala said.
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