Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cogn Neurosci. 2021 Jul-Oct;12(3-4):176-177. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2020.1853089. Epub 2021 Jan 31.
Sex/gender-related differences in neurocognitive task performance and their neural correlates have long been of substantial research interest. Spets & Slotnick's robust study joins a growing body of evidence that significant sex/gender differences exist in long term memory and neurocognition more broadly. In addition to fundamental differences in the neural substrate, hormonal cycles, divergent neurodevelopmental trajectories, sex versus gender identification and sociocultural and educational influences are likely important factors. Building upon these findings, future studies in larger sample sizes should carefully measure these potential modulating and/or confounding variables in order to provide a nuanced picture of sex/gender-related differences in brain function.
性/别相关的神经认知任务表现差异及其神经相关性一直是大量研究关注的焦点。Spets 和 Slotnick 的这项有力研究加入了越来越多的证据，表明在长期记忆和更广泛的神经认知方面存在显著的性/别差异。除了神经基质的根本差异外，激素周期、不同的神经发育轨迹、性别认同与社会文化和教育影响也可能是重要因素。基于这些发现，未来在更大样本量的研究中应仔细测量这些潜在的调节和/或混杂变量，以便更细致地了解大脑功能的性/别相关差异。
