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I would assume that the hormonal effect on a brain is a lot more relevant when looking for brain forms than like social constructs. We are not able to tell if

I would assume that the hormonal effect on a brain is a lot more relevant when looking for brain forms than like social constructs. We are not able to tell if someone is a logical person or a cool dude or whatever just by looking at it. And apparently hormones don't make a brain look different either

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Supermancho 2y ago
This may be of interest. https://youtu.be/8QScpDGqwsQ?si=mTXWvzZKJO0RsAiA https://youtu.be/8QScpDGqwsQ?si=mTXWvzZKJO0RsAiA Neuro-biology of trans-sexuality : Prof. Robert Sapolsky
- arthurwong 2y ago
  When is that video from? The studies he mentions, of BSTc and INAH-3 nuclei, are from way back in 1990s and early 2000s, and there has been much research since which disputes the stance he's taken in this video. Specifically, when researchers controlled for sexual orientation, there was no cross-sex shift in brain structures that correlated with transsexuality.
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  - Supermancho 2y ago
    > there has been much research since which disputes the stance he's taken in this video. Has there? Following studies have shown more differentiation than in the earlier studies. Reviews of the data resulted in some additional commonalities, accoring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_gender_incongruence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_gender_incongruence Which research are you referring to?
    - arthurwong 2y ago
      This for example: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21467211/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21467211/