PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cerebral Cortex, Citalopram, Vitamin K
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Lecture 11: continued from previous lecture example 4: estradiol (variant of estrogen: maintain and direct female reproductive system, numerous effects on mood and behavior. Improves memory, concentration promotes brain cell growth. Female better at objective memory. math calcs. Higher estrogen= better mood testosterone: stimulate growth and maintain of male reproductive system, stimulation 2 sex characteristics, hair growth b, muscle mass low voice. Songbird mating: more testosterone= more reproductive success and higher mortality (fighting b/w other males for territory) Rat maze learning: males better than females only during high testosterone season. Chess/ tennis battles: prior; both guys tstrn rises. after; loser"s tstrn drops and winner"s stays high. Take home message #2 sex differences in behavior are strongly influenced by gonadal hormones. 2: gestation lactation size of gamete female gamete is less motive. Take home message #1 early nurturing of the child/embryo is necessarily female dominated (especially in mammals)
