PSYCH 3830 Lecture 20: Chapter 10
3 Mar 2017
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1/3 larger in gay men vs. straight men. Gay men with sweat of men: hypothalamus lights. Cluster cells are 2x larger in heterosexual men vs. Straight women with sweat of men: hypothalamus: hormonal, anterior commissure, eeg mental rotation. Plasticity: how easily shaped or modified you are by sociocultural influences. Having a longer ring finger than index finger is more masculine. Gay men are more likely to be left handed. Hormonal levels in utero do somewhat explain it: men with older brothers are more likely to be gay. Adoptive studies showed that the environment isn"t the. Develops differently in men and women in the womb. Gay women are in between men and women (gay women. Twins have the same dna but different fingerprints. Fingerprints of gay men are more similar to women: fingerprints, cochlea, androgen: male sex hormone, bio-general. Present levels are not different enough between gay and straight. Women given androgens while pregnant made it more.
