Tutorial 10 Flashcards

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Factors contributing to neurological variances

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  • urbanicity impact
  • handedness
  • gender & transgender
  • sexual dimorphism & menstrual cycle
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Rural

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< 10.000 inhabitants

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Urban

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> 100.000 inhabitants

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Adolescents exclusively raised in rural areas show … compared to those raised exclusively in cities

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Greater grey matter volume (GMV) in the left hippocampal formation

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Spatial processing rural vs urbain-raised

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Rural raised adolescents outperform urban raised peers on tasks that involve spatial processing (e.g. block design task in wechsler IQ scale)

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What mediates the relationship between upbringing (rural vs. urban) and block design performance? And what does it suggest?

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Hippocampal formation

Suggesting a link between environment, brain structure and spatial processing skills

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% of right-handed people

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90 %

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% of left-handed people

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10 %

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% of ambidextrous people

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1 %

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Left-Handedness women vs men

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Left-handedness is slightly more common in men than women

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Left-handedness is more commonly found in …

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Individuals with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, including intellectual disabilities, autism, and schizophrenia

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Where is hand motor control primarily regulated?

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By the contralateral hemisphere

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Right-handedness corresponds to …

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Left-hemisphere dominance for motor control, and vice versa

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Where does the idea of left hemisphere dominance in language date back to? And how has it been confirmed?

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Dates back to the research of broca and wernicke
Has been confirmed by Wada, fMRI, PET EcoG, dichotic listening

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What is the link between handedness and language lateralization?

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There is likely no direct link

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% of left-handers with left-hemisphere dominance for language (also what about right-handers)?

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50 %
Similar to right-handers

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What percentage of left-handers have a left-hemisphere dominance?

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Nearly 70 %

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30 % of left-handers are roughly split in dominance between

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Bilateral and right-hemisphere language dominance

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Laterality index in left-handed participants vs right-handed?

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Left-handed participants have significantly lower LIs than the right-handers for all four asymmetries tested

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What is Sexual dimorphism?

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Clear and consistent physical differences between females and males of the same species

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In females, hormone levels fluctuate dynamically during menstrual cycle, influencing …

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Brain plasticity especially for hippocampus region in human

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Which hormone is highest at Ovulation?

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Which hormone is highest at Mid-Luteal?

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Progesterone

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When does estradiol peak?

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When does Progesterone peak?
Mid-luteal
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What are the implications of hormonal influence on neuroplasticity?
- hormone fluctuations and brain structural plasticity - future research considering female cycle phases - roles of ovarian hormones in brain aging and diseases
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Practical implications of hormone fluctuations and brain structural plasticity
Design better treatments for cognitive and emotional challenges that arise during different phases of a women‘s life
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What should future research consider (women)?
Consider the specific phases of the menstrual cycle in research, as well as other hormonal states like contraceptive use, pregnancy, and menopause
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What are the roles of ovarian hormones in brain aging and diseases?
Prevention, treatment and support such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
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Relationship between Sexual brain differences and sexual differentiation of the genitals
Sexual brain differentiation is temporally differentiated from sexual differentiation of the genitals
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When are the genitals differentiated?
First trimester
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When is the brain differentiated sexually?
Second trimester
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Brain structures in transgender individuals …
Often align more closely with their gender identity than their assigned sex at birth
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What does transgender research challenge?
Traditional notions that „male“ and „female“ brains are distinct based on sex assigned at birth
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Findings suggest that gender identity has a … component …
Neurobiological component that exists independently of the sex assigned at birth, but rather reflects identity and experience
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Research should/does move beyond sex-based categorizations toward …
Gender-sensitive research