Gender-related di¡erences in lateralization of hippocampal activation and cognitive strategy
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Gender-related di¡erences in brain activation patterns and their lateralization associated with cognitive functions have been reported in the ¢eld of language, emotion, and working memory. Di¡erences have been hypothesized to be due to di¡erent cognitive strategies.The aim of the present study was to test whether lateralization of brain activation in the hippocampi duringmemory processing di¡ers between the sexes.We acquired functionalmagnetic resonance imaging data from healthy female and male study participants performing a spatial memory task and quantitatively assessed the lateralization of hippocampal activation in each participant. Hippocampal activation was signi¢cantly more left lateralized in women, and more right lateralized in men. Correspondingly, women rated their strategy as being more verbal than men did. NeuroReport 17:417^421 c 2006 LippincottWilliams &Wilkins.
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Gender-related differences in lateralization of hippocampal activation and cognitive strategy.
Gender-related differences in brain activation patterns and their lateralization associated with cognitive functions have been reported in the field of language, emotion, and working memory. Differences have been hypothesized to be due to different cognitive strategies. The aim of the present study was to test whether lateralization of brain activation in the hippocampi during memory processing...
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