کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
925795 921537 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Putative sex differences in verbal abilities and language cortex: A critical review
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی روانپزشکی بیولوژیکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Putative sex differences in verbal abilities and language cortex: A critical review
چکیده انگلیسی

This review brings together evidence from a diverse field of methods for investigating sex differences in language processing. Differences are found in certain language-related deficits, such as stuttering, dyslexia, autism and schizophrenia. Common to these is that language problems may follow from, rather than cause the deficit. Large studies have been conducted on sex differences in verbal abilities within the normal population, and a careful reading of the results suggests that differences in language proficiency do not exist. Early differences in language acquisition show a slight advantage for girls, but this gradually disappears. A difference in language lateralization of brain structure and function in adults has also been suggested, perhaps following size differences in the corpus callosum. Neither of these claims is substantiated by evidence. In addition, overall results from studies on regional grey matter distribution using voxel-based morphometry, indicate no consistent differences between males and females in language-related cortical regions. Language function in Wada tests, aphasia, and in normal ageing also fails to show sex differentiation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain and Language - Volume 108, Issue 3, March 2009, Pages 175–183
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