Beyond sex: the effects of testosterone on visuomotor performance in men and women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ability to perform visually-guided motor tasks requires the transformation of visual information into programmed motor outputs. When the guiding visual information does not align spatially with the motor output, the brain processes rules to integrate somatosensory information into an appropriate motor response. Performance on such rule-based, "cognitive-motor integration" (CMI) tasks has been shown to be affected by sex, age, and in several neurologic conditions. The present study sought to (1) expand on these findings by examining whether such performance differences are related to levels of sex steroid hormones, and (2) characterize the relationship between hormone levels and any structural differences in brain regions responsible for complex motor control.

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SUBMITTER: Smeha N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12833049 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature