1981/03/20 by Anke Α. Ehrhardt, Heino F. L. Meyer‐Bahlburg · 271 citations
Psychology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Sexual Differentiation and Disorders #Sexual dimorphism #Hormone #Preference #Endocrine system #Psychology #Developmental psychology #Gender identity #Prenatal development #Sex characteristics #Cognition #Pregnancy #Biology #Endocrinology #Social psychology #Fetus #Genetics
paper · doi:10.1126/science.7209510
published in Science 211(4488), 1312-1318 (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
openalex publication_date 1981/03/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Gender identity depends largely on postnatal environmental influences, while sex-dimorphic behavior and temperamental sex differences appear to be modified by prenatal sex hormones. A role of the prenatal endocrine milieu in the development of erotic partner preference, as in hetero-, homo-, or bisexual orientation, or of cognitive sex differences has not been conclusively demonstrated.