More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria.
Gender dysphoria (also known as "transsexualism") is characterized as a discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender identity. Research points towards neurobiological influences. Due to the sexually dimorphic characteristics of the human voice, voice gender perception provides a biologica...
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| author | Jessica Junger Ute Habel Sabine Bröhr Josef Neulen Christiane Neuschaefer-Rube Peter Birkholz Christian Kohler Frank Schneider Birgit Derntl Katharina Pauly |
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| description | Gender dysphoria (also known as "transsexualism") is characterized as a discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender identity. Research points towards neurobiological influences. Due to the sexually dimorphic characteristics of the human voice, voice gender perception provides a biologically relevant function, e.g. in the context of mating selection. There is evidence for a better recognition of voices of the opposite sex and a differentiation of the sexes in its underlying functional cerebral correlates, namely the prefrontal and middle temporal areas. This fMRI study investigated the neural correlates of voice gender perception in 32 male-to-female gender dysphoric individuals (MtFs) compared to 20 non-gender dysphoric men and 19 non-gender dysphoric women. Participants indicated the sex of 240 voice stimuli modified in semitone steps in the direction to the other gender. Compared to men and women, MtFs showed differences in a neural network including the medial prefrontal gyrus, the insula, and the precuneus when responding to male vs. female voices. With increased voice morphing men recruited more prefrontal areas compared to women and MtFs, while MtFs revealed a pattern more similar to women. On a behavioral and neuronal level, our results support the feeling of MtFs reporting they cannot identify with their assigned sex. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76de2e8464ba4d17bf2f474f7551d00a2022-12-21T19:11:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01911e11167210.1371/journal.pone.0111672More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria.Jessica JungerUte HabelSabine BröhrJosef NeulenChristiane Neuschaefer-RubePeter BirkholzChristian KohlerFrank SchneiderBirgit DerntlKatharina PaulyGender dysphoria (also known as "transsexualism") is characterized as a discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender identity. Research points towards neurobiological influences. Due to the sexually dimorphic characteristics of the human voice, voice gender perception provides a biologically relevant function, e.g. in the context of mating selection. There is evidence for a better recognition of voices of the opposite sex and a differentiation of the sexes in its underlying functional cerebral correlates, namely the prefrontal and middle temporal areas. This fMRI study investigated the neural correlates of voice gender perception in 32 male-to-female gender dysphoric individuals (MtFs) compared to 20 non-gender dysphoric men and 19 non-gender dysphoric women. Participants indicated the sex of 240 voice stimuli modified in semitone steps in the direction to the other gender. Compared to men and women, MtFs showed differences in a neural network including the medial prefrontal gyrus, the insula, and the precuneus when responding to male vs. female voices. With increased voice morphing men recruited more prefrontal areas compared to women and MtFs, while MtFs revealed a pattern more similar to women. On a behavioral and neuronal level, our results support the feeling of MtFs reporting they cannot identify with their assigned sex.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111672 |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Junger Ute Habel Sabine Bröhr Josef Neulen Christiane Neuschaefer-Rube Peter Birkholz Christian Kohler Frank Schneider Birgit Derntl Katharina Pauly More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria. PLoS ONE |
| title | More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria. |
| title_full | More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria. |
| title_fullStr | More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria. |
| title_full_unstemmed | More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria. |
| title_short | More than just two sexes: the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria. |
| title_sort | more than just two sexes the neural correlates of voice gender perception in gender dysphoria |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111672 |
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