Recruiting the right hemisphere: Sex differences in inter-hemispheric communication during semantic verbal fluency.

ABSTRACT: Sex differences in cognitive functions are heavily debated. Recent work suggests that sex differences do stem from different processing strategies utilized by men and women. While these processing strategies are likely reflected in different brain networks, so far the link between brain networks and processing strategies remains speculative. In the present study we seek for the first time to link sex differences in brain activation patterns to sex differences in processing strategies utilizing a semantic verbal fluency task in a large sample of 35 men and 35 women, all scanned thrice. For verbal fluency, strategies of clustering and switching have been described. Our results show that men show higher activation in the brain network supporting clustering, while women show higher activation

SUBMITTER: Scheuringer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7611590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature