‘Stanford Medicine study identifies distinct brain organization patterns in women and men
Women’s and men’s brain patterns differ
Peer-Reviewed Publication
STANFORD MEDICINE
A new study by Stanford Medicine investigators unveils a new artificial intelligence model that was more than 90% successful at determining whether scans of brain activity came from a woman or a man.
“Hotspots” that most helped the model distinguish male brains from female ones include the default mode network, a brain system that helps us process self-referential information, and the striatum and limbic network, which are involved in learning and how we respond to rewards.
The investigators noted that this work does not weigh in on whether sex-related differences arise early in life or may be driven by hormonal differences or the different societal circumstances that men and women may be more likely to encounter.’
www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034374