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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2019.60.141
Sex differences in early communication development: behavioral and neurobiological indicators of more vulnerable communication system development in boys
Shir Adani
; Medical Studies in English, University of Zagreb School ofMedicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Cepanec
orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-0294
; Child Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Perhaps due to different roles they have had in social
groups during evolution, men and women differ in their
verbal abilities. These differences are also (if not even more)
present in children, both in the course of typical and pathological
development. Beside the fact that girls have a
well-documented advantage in early language development,
almost all developmental disorders primarily affecting
communication, speech, and language skills are more
frequent in boys. The sex-related difference in the prevalence
of these disorders is especially pronounced in autism
spectrum disorder (1 girl for each 4-5 boys is affected). The
aim of this review is to present the sex differences in typical
communication and language development and in the
prevalence of communication-related neurodevelopmental
disorders. Also, a special focus is put on data from the
field of neuroscience that might provide insight into the
neurobiological mechanisms that can add to the understanding
of this phenomenon. We argue that the functional
organization of the female brain gives women an inherent
advantage in the acquisition of communication and
language system over men.
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Hrčak ID:
240018
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Datum izdavanja:
15.4.2019.
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