Gender identity better than sex explains individual differences in episodic and semantic components of autobiographical memory: An fMRI study

Compère, Laurie; Charron, Sylvain; Gallarda, Thierry; Rari, Eirini; Lion, Stéphanie; Nys, Marion; Anssens, Adèle; Coussinoux, Sandrine; Machefaux, Sébastien; Oppenheim, Catherine; Piolino, Pascale

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117507

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“…A meta-analysis of brain region activation during long-term memory retrieval revealed SG differences (male > female) in the lateral prefrontal cortex, visual processing regions, para-hippocampal cortex, and the cerebellum [ 36 ]. Episodic and semantic autobiographical memory also display diverse SG differences [ 40 ].…”

Section: Sex and Gender Physiological Differences In The Human Brainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insights into Sex and Gender Differences in Brain and Psychopathologies Using Big Data

Zelco

Wapeesittipan

Joshi

2023

Life

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The societal implication of sex and gender (SG) differences in brain are profound, as they influence brain development, behavior, and importantly, the presentation, prevalence, and therapeutic response to diseases. Technological advances have enabled speed up identification and characterization of SG differences during development and in psychopathologies. The main aim of this review is to elaborate on new technological advancements, such as genomics, imaging, and emerging biobanks, coupled with bioinformatics analyses of data generated from these technologies have facilitated the identification and characterization of SG differences in the human brain through development and psychopathologies. First, a brief explanation of SG concepts is provided, along with a developmental and evolutionary context. We then describe physiological SG differences in brain activity and function, and in psychopathologies identified through imaging techniques. We further provide an overview of insights into SG differences using genomics, specifically taking advantage of large cohorts and biobanks. We finally emphasize how bioinformatics analyses of big data generated by emerging technologies provides new opportunities to reduce SG disparities in health outcomes, including major challenges.

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Section: Sex and Gender Physiological Differences In The Human Brainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insights into Sex and Gender Differences in Brain and Psychopathologies Using Big Data

Zelco

Wapeesittipan

Joshi

2023

Life

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“…Four studies specifically addressed this question by examining gender differences in autobiographical memory alongside measures of gender typicality using the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI, Bem, 1974) and the Personality Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ, Spence & Helmreich, 1978). Using the BSRI, Compère et al (2018) found that higher feminine-typical scores predicted higher episodic specificity (i.e., more event details) and emotionality (i.e., more emotional expressions) in memory recall, and Compère et al (2021) extended these findings to brain imaging data. Grysman (2017) reported the same findings regarding emotionality using the PAQ.…”

Section: Culture Gender and Autobiographical Memorymentioning

confidence: 85%

Priming Feminine Typical Traits Does Not Change Autobiographical Memory Narrative Content

Grysman

Wang

2021

Collabra: Psychology

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Gender differences in autobiographical memory have been reported in many studies using narrative coding of features including emotion word use, connectedness to others, and event specific details, with women using more of these narrative features than men. The current pair of studies explored if these narrative tendencies are linked to a sense of self being feminine, by priming female participants to rate themselves on stereotypically feminine trait terms related to emotionality and relationships. In study 1, an online study, participants provided one high point and one low point memory narrative, either in a priming or control group. Narrative coding only differed between the prime and control groups on one of five narrative coded variables, and order effects suggested that the prime may not have been strong enough to influence the second narrative or low point narratives. Study 2 remedied methodological concerns by conducting in-person data collection, strengthening the prime, and eliciting only high point narratives. In study 2, no effects of the prime were found on narrative coded variables. Findings suggest these narrative variables are not influenced by priming femininity and contribute to a growing literature that is deepening an understanding of the source of gender differences in autobiographical memory.

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“…In contrast, women narrate with more expressions of communion than men (Grysman 2018; Grysman et al 2016). Although Boytos et al (2020) reported that gender differences in agency were moderated by self-reported feminism, and Grysman et al (2016, 2017) reported that some variance in narrative expressions of communion was explained by self-reported endorsement of feminine-typical traits, all three studies found that a main effect of biological sex remained even when accounting for these factors (but see Compère et al 2021). In addition, these gendered themes of agency and communion find expression in social media use, as catalogued in big-data studies of language content in Facebook posts (Park et al 2016; Schwartz et al 2013).…”

Section: Performing Gender In Narrativesmentioning

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Narrative and gender as mutually constituted meaning-making systems

Fıvush

Grysman

2021

Mem. Mind & Media

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Both gender and narrative are foundational to the ways in which humans engage in meaning-making. Arguing from evolutionary, psychological and feminist theoretical perspectives, we posit that narratives and gender are culturally mediated mutually constituted meaning-making systems: Narratives are defined through gender and gender is defined through narrative. To contextualise this argument, we define ‘narrative’ and ‘gender’ and review the extant literature on how gender is expressed in culturally mediated master narratives and how narratives are performed differently by women and men. Our core argument is that the very act of narrating is a gendered activity that constructs, represents and narrates gender as a primary category of human existence, and these fundamentally gendered ways of narrating then construct, define and reify gendered ways of being in the world.

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Gender identity better than sex explains individual differences in episodic and semantic components of autobiographical memory: An fMRI study

Cited by 7 publications

References 75 publications

Insights into Sex and Gender Differences in Brain and Psychopathologies Using Big Data

Insights into Sex and Gender Differences in Brain and Psychopathologies Using Big Data

Priming Feminine Typical Traits Does Not Change Autobiographical Memory Narrative Content

Narrative and gender as mutually constituted meaning-making systems

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