TY - JOUR PY - 1981// TI - Postnatal gonadal steroid effects on human behavior JO - Science A1 - Rubin, R. T. A1 - Reinisch, J. M. A1 - Haskett, R. F. SP - 1318 EP - 1324 VL - 211 IS - 4488 N2 - Gonadal steroid hormones, active during fetal life, continue after the birth of a fetus to influence the central nervous system and affect behavior. The characteristically different circulating concentrations of male and female steroid hormones in men and women appear to be partial determinants of certain sexually dimorphic behaviors, interacting in a complex way with psychological and sociocultural factors as well as with other biological factors. This interaction is highlighted in research on testosterone and aggression in men, mood and the menstrual cycle in women, and pubertal sex role reversal in pseudohermaphrodites.

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