Browsing by Author "Hackett, Gerald"

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      Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humans 

      Lombardo,Michael V.; Ashwin, Emma; Auyeung, Bonnie; Chakrabarti,B.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Taylor, Kevin; Hackett, Gerald; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2012)
      Background: Sex differences are present in many neuropsychiatric conditions that affect emotion and approach-avoidance behavior. One potential mechanism underlying such observations is testosterone in early development. ...
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      Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brain 

      Lombardo,Michael V.; Ashwin, Emma; Auyeung, Bonnie; Chakrabarti,B.; Taylor, Kevin; Hackett, Gerald; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2012)
      In nonhuman species, testosterone is known to have permanent organizing effects early in life that predict later expression of sex differences in brain and behavior. However, in humans, it is still unknown whether such ...