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Published on: September 12, 2011
Sex differences in semantic language processing: a functional MRI study
L C Baxter1, A J Saykin, L A Flashman
1Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry/DHMC, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. lbaxter@chw.edu
Abstract:
Predictions based on two models of sex differences in cerebral organization of language were compared by examining fMRI patterns of 10 females and 9 males during a semantic processing task. Both groups displayed activation of left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), left superior temporal gyrus (STG), and cingulate. Females, but not males, showed bilateral IFG and STG activation. Further analyses revealed females had less diffuse left activation and greater right posterior temporal and insula region activation than males. Results support both an interhemispheric and an intrahemispheric model of sex differences in language, suggesting that the models may not be mutually exclusive.
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