Christine Knickmeyer Rebecca, Baron-Cohen Simon
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB #7160, 7023 Neurosciences Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA.
Early Hum Dev. 2006 Dec;82(12):755-60. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.014. Epub 2006 Nov 1.
Experiments in animals leave no doubt that androgens, including testosterone, produced by the testes in fetal and/or neonatal life act on the brain to induce sex differences in neural structure and function. In this article, we argue that prenatal and neonatal testosterone exposure are strong candidates for having a causal role in sexual dimorphism in human behaviour, including social development.
动物实验毫无疑问地表明，睾丸在胎儿期和/或新生儿期产生的雄激素，包括睾酮，作用于大脑，诱导神经结构和功能的性别差异。在本文中，我们认为产前和新生儿期暴露于睾酮很可能在人类行为的性别差异中起因果作用，包括社会发展方面。
