Monday, May 28, 2018

Brain Activity in Transgender Youth Appears Similar to Desired Gender

The brain activity of transgender adolescents more closely resembles the typical activation patterns of their desired gender, according to a new Belgian study.

The findings suggest that differences in brain function may occur quite early in life and that brain imaging may be a useful tool for earlier identification of transgenderism in adolescents.

Transgenderism is identifying with a gender different from one’s assigned biological sex, while gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress...


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