March 21, 2025
Study finds brain differences based on gender at birth and constant in early childhood
A new study published in gender differences biology revealed that structural differences between men and female brains exist since birth and remain relatively unchanged during the first month of life, underlining the important role of prenatal biological factors in the formation of early development. The study, conducted by scientists from the University of Cambridge as part of the developing human work Connectome, analyzed the brain scans of 514 full, healthy newborn-278 boys and 236 girls in the first 28 days of life. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the researchers found that male infants had larger total volumes of the brain,



