de Vries Geert J, Södersten Per
Department of Psychology and Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, Tobin Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9333, USA.
Horm Behav. 2009 May;55(5):589-96. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.012.
In the fifty years since the organizational hypothesis was proposed, many sex differences have been found in behavior as well as structure of the brain that depend on the organizational effects of gonadal hormones early in development. Remarkably, in most cases we do not understand how the two are related. This paper makes the case that overstating the magnitude or constancy of sex differences in behavior and too narrowly interpreting the functional consequences of structural differences are significant roadblocks in resolving this issue.
自从组织假说被提出后的五十年里,人们在行为以及大脑结构方面发现了许多性别差异,这些差异取决于发育早期性腺激素的组织效应。值得注意的是,在大多数情况下,我们并不清楚二者是如何关联的。本文认为,夸大行为中性别差异的程度或稳定性,以及过于狭隘地解读结构差异的功能后果,是解决这一问题的重大障碍。