SEXUAL DIMPORHISM IN THE DEVELOPING HUMAN BRAIN外语英文电子书.pdfVIP

SSSS 35th Annual Meeting San Diego Nov 12-15, 1992 The Society For the Scientific Study of Sex 35th Annual Meeting Hilton Tennis and Beach Resort November 12-15, 1992 San Diego, CA ABSTRACT SEXUAL DIMPORHISM IN THE DEVELOPING HUMAN BRAIN: EVIDENCE FROM LATERAL SKULL X-RAYS James W. Prescott, Ph.D. Institute of Humanistic Science A basic normative study on the cranial-facial growth and development that utilized lateral skull x-ray technology was undertaken by the Krogman Growth Center, Childrens Hospital, Philadelphia, PA during the 1970s by Solomon Katz, Ph.D. and Geoffrey F. Walker, Ph.D. This database was re-analyzed to test selected theoretical postulates of this investigators SSAD (SomatoSensory Affectional Deprivation) theory of brain development and behavior that is held to have certain sexually dimorphic characteristics. These research projects were supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health. Lateral skull x-rays were available on 961 males from ages 6-76 years and on 816 females from ages 5- 60 years. Information from the lateral skull x-rays were transferred to computer-tape utilizing the standardized Broadbent-Bolton roentgenographic cephalometer for computer analyses. Although, brain area growth measurements were significantly greater for males than females, statistically significant and high intercorrelations between cerebellar/frontal lobe brain areas and cerebellar/midbr