Hampson E
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
J Psychiatry Neurosci. 1995 Nov;20(5):397-404.
Many studies in nonhuman species have shown that gonadal steroid hormones can influence the regional structure and physiology of the central nervous system, and can bring about both short- and long-term effects on behavior. The extent to which human behavior and thought processes are subtly influenced by the hormonal milieu is unclear. There is preliminary evidence from a number of clinical endocrine syndromes, and from studies of normal human subjects, that sex steroids may modulate the expression of certain specific cognitive abilities. This paper will briefly review some recent evidence suggesting that visual-spatial abilities are among the cognitive functions that may be affected.
许多针对非人类物种的研究表明，性腺甾体激素能够影响中枢神经系统的区域结构和生理机能，并能对行为产生短期和长期影响。目前尚不清楚人类行为和思维过程受激素环境影响的程度。来自一些临床内分泌综合征以及对正常人类受试者的研究的初步证据表明，性类固醇可能会调节某些特定认知能力的表达。本文将简要回顾一些近期证据，这些证据表明视觉空间能力属于可能受到影响的认知功能。
