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New article: Here, authors asked if the type of university education a person follows influences how the brain establishes and supports sex and gender differences in cognitive performance. Read the full study to learn the results: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s…
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Academic training selectively shapes the neural pathways mediating sex/gender differences in cognition - Biology of Sex Differences
Background Sex and gender (S/G) differences in cognitive performance are well documented, yet how they relate to brain organization and interact with educational experience during early adulthood, a period of ongoing cognitive maturation, remains unclear. University training exposes young adults to distinct cognitive and social demands, providing a natural context to test whether brain functional connectivity (FC) mediates S/G cognitive differences in an education-dependent manner. Methods The cohort included students enrolled in declarative fields (formalized, context-independent...
