Why women see differently from the way men see? A review of sex differences in cognition and sports

作     者：Rena Li 

作者机构：Center for Hormone Advanced Science and Education.Roskamp Institute 

出 版 物：《Journal of Sport and Health Science》 (运动与健康科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2014年第3卷第3期

页      面：155-162页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100204[医学-神经病学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the American Health Assistance Foundation(G2006-118) the National Institutes of Health(R01AG032441-01 and R01AG025888) 

主　　题：Brain Hormones Learning and memory in sports Sex-specific cognition 

摘      要：The differences of learning and memory between males and females have been well documented and confirmed by both human and animal studies. The sex differences in cognition started from early stage of neuronal development and last through entire lifespan. The major biological basis of the gender-dependent cognitive activity includes two major components： sex hormone and sex-related characteristics, such as sex- determining region of the Y chromosome （SRY） protein. However, the knowledge of how much biology of sex contributes to normal cogni- tive function and elite athletes in various sports are still pretty limited. In this review, we will be focusing on sex differences in spatial learning and memory -- especially the role of male- and female-type cognitive behaviors in sports.