Sex Differences in The Visual System

被引：0

作者：

Tong Na ^{[1
,2
]}

Kuang Shen-Bing ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, State Key Lab Brain & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China

来源：

PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS | 2021年 / 48卷 / 07期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

sex differences; visual system; color perception; motion perception; sex hormone; REVERSAL EVOKED-POTENTIALS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; PHOTIC-STIMULATION; GABA CONCENTRATION; MOTION PERCEPTION; MENSTRUAL-CYCLE; CELL-DEATH; AGE; CORTEX; WOMEN;

D O I：

10.16476/j.pibb.2020.0398

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Sex differences in the brain have long been a hot topic in neuroscience. Previous studies on gender differences have focused on brain structures and functions related to higher-level cognition, but less attention has been paid to low-level sensory and perceptual systems. Recently, a growing number of studies have shown that men and women also show remarkable differences in visual processing. In this paper, we started by reviewing the behavioral and neural evidences supporting the notion of sex differences in the visual system. We then proposed two potential explanations and discussed the evolutionary benefits of sex differences in visual perception. Finally, we highlighted the importance of incorporating sex as a biological variable in visual neuroscience research, and offered a few suggestions for future studies on sex differences in the visual system.

引用

页码：779 / 787

页数：9

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