Perinatal testosterone exposure and cerebral lateralisation in adult males: Evidence for the callosal hypothesis

•Testosterone concentrations were measured from umbilical cord blood.•Language and spatial memory laterality measured in early adulthood using the functional Transcranial Doppler (fTCD).•Right hemisphere language lateralisation was statistically more likely for low testosterone individuals than high...

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Published in:	Biological psychology Vol. 103; pp. 48 - 53
Main Authors:	Hollier, Lauren P., Maybery, Murray T., Keelan, Jeffrey A., Hickey, Martha, Whitehouse, Andrew J.O.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-12-2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	Behavioral psychophysiology Biological and medical sciences Cerebral laterality Female Fetal Blood Foetal testosterone fTCD Functional Laterality - physiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Language Male Memory, Short-Term - physiology Neuropsychological Tests Pregnancy Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - blood Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Raine study Spatial Memory - physiology Testosterone - blood Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial Visuospatial memory Young Adult fTCD Foetal testosterone Raine study Language Visuospatial memory Cerebral laterality Human Hemispheric specialization Androgen Visual memory Central nervous system Perinatal Male Exposure Corpus callosum Encephalon Testosterone Adult Testicular hormone Sex steroid hormone Laterality Spatial memory
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