title: Sex hormones and human behavior: a critique of the linear model.
abstract: Behaviors in which human males and females differ are frequently attributed to fetal gonadal hormone exposures. Much current thinking on this topic relies on a model of explanation the authors call linear-analytic. This model emerges from studies of hormone-behavior relationships in nonhuman animals. Examining three areas of hormone-behavior research in humans, the authors argue that the form of explanation is inappropriate to the behavioral phenomena being explained. They urge the adoption of a more complex neurobiological approach that emphasizes the role of the cerebral cortex and correlatively minimizes the role of fetal hormones.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco State University, CA 94132.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Doell
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Longino
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D012733:Sex Differentiation; D012931:Social Environment
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones