性别和性别对应性多态认知的性
Louis Cartier1,2, Mina Guérin1,3, Fanny Saulnier1,2
1Center on Sex*Gender, Allostasis, and Resilience, Research Center of the Montreal Mental Health University Institute, 7331, Rue Hochelaga, Montreal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada.
Biology of sex differences
|January 8, 2024
概括
性多态认知 (SPC) 受生物性别和性别认同的影响. 生物因素更好地预测空间任务的性能,而心理因素更好地预测口头任务的性能.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
背景情况:
- 性多态认知 (SPC) 产生于生物性,性激素和社会文化性别因素之间的复杂相互作用.
- 现有研究对这些变量对认知表现的相对影响提出了不同的结论.
- 这项研究调查了出生时分配的性别 (BAS),性激素和性别认同在塑造SPC中的相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 用一系列经典的认知测试来评估性激素对认知表现的影响.
- 检查BAS,性激素和与性别相关的因素对SPC的独立和相互作用的影响.
- 为了提供一个更细微的了解SPC超出了性别的二进制观点.
主要方法:
- 招募了222名跨越多元性别认同和性取向的成年人.
- 管理了八个认知任务,评估各种认知领域.
- 收集唾液样本以测量激素水平 (,雌激素,孕激素,皮质醇,脱水和) 并使用心理社会变量自我报告问卷.
主要成果:
- 认知性能差异与现有关于性别和性别的文献保持一致.
- 生物因素,如性激素,是男性类型的认知任务 (例如空间能力) 的表现的更强有力的预测因素.
- 心理社会因素,包括性别认同和角色,是对女性类型认知任务 (例如口头能力) 的表现的更强有力的预测因素.
结论:
- 这项研究通过考虑出生时被分配的性别以外的因素来增强对SPC的理解.
- 它强调了整合生物 (性别) 和社会文化 (性别) 观点的重要性,以全面了解认知变异.
- 结果突出了性别和性别对认知概况的独特但集体影响.
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