Sex Hormones and Human Behavior:
- 6 October 1988
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Homosexuality
- Vol. 15 (3-4) , 55-78
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j082v15n03_03
Abstract
Behaviors in which human males and females differ are frequently attributed to fetal gonadal hormone exposures. Much current thinking on this topic relies on a model of explanation the authors call linear-analytic. This model emerges from studies of hormone-behavior relationships in nonhuman animals. Examining three areas of hormone-behavior research in humans, the authors argue that the form of explanation is inappropriate to the behavioral phenomena being explained. They urge the adoption of a more complex neurobiological approach that emphasizes the role of the cerebral cortex and correlatively minimizes the role of fetal hormones.Keywords
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