Male-typical visuospatial functioning in gynephilic girls with gender dysphoria — organizational and activational effects of testosterone | Zendy

Sarah Burke | Zendy; Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels | Zendy; Peggy T. Cohen–Kettenis | Zendy; Dick J. Veltman | Zendy; Daniel Klink | Zendy; Julie Bakker | Zendy

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Male-typical visuospatial functioning in gynephilic girls with gender dysphoria — organizational and activational effects of testosterone

Author(s) -

Sarah Burke,

Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels,

Peggy T. Cohen–Kettenis,

Dick J. Veltman,

Daniel Klink,

Julie Bakker

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of psychiatry and neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1488-2434

pISSN - 1180-4882

DOI - 10.1503/jpn.150147

Subject(s) - gender dysphoria , testosterone (patch) , mental rotation , psychology , medicine , hormone , cognition , endocrinology , developmental psychology , gender identity , psychiatry , social psychology

Sex differences in performance and regional brain activity during mental rotation have been reported repeatedly and reflect organizational and activational effects of sex hormones. We investigated whether adolescent girls with gender dysphoria (GD), before and after 10 months of testosterone treatment, showed male-typical brain activity during a mental rotation task (MRT).

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