The value of research on sexual dimorphism in neuroimaging

Cogn Neurosci. 2021 Jul-Oct;12(3-4):180-181. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2020.1867086. Epub 2020 Dec 24.

Abstract

Spets and Slotnick (in Press) applied activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis to examine sex differences in regional brain activation during long-term memory retrieval. Based on their analyses, each of the eight studies they analyzed showed greater activity for males than females during long-term memory retrieval. These results suggest that analyses of magnetic resonance imaging data should not be collapsed by sex and expand this discussion to the challenge of meta-analysis on studies with small to modest sample sizes in favor of larger imaging studies with more rigorous thresholds.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Mapping*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neuroimaging
  • Sex Characteristics*