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dc.contributorDepartment of Chinese and Bilingual Studiesen_US
dc.creatorYang, Yen_US
dc.creatorTam, Fen_US
dc.creatorGraham, SJen_US
dc.creatorSun, GCen_US
dc.creatorLi, JJen_US
dc.creatorGu, CYen_US
dc.creatorTao, Ren_US
dc.creatorWang, NZen_US
dc.creatorBi, HYen_US
dc.creatorZuo, ZTen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-05T05:59:17Z-
dc.date.available2020-05-05T05:59:17Z-
dc.identifier.issn1065-9471en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/82251-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sonsen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.rights© 2020 The Authors. Human Brain Mapping published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.rightsThe following publication Yang, Y., Tam, F., Graham, S. J., Sun, G. C., Li, J. J., Gu, C. Y., ... & Zuo, Z. T. (2020). Men and women differ in the neural basis of handwriting. Human Brain Mapping, 41(10), 2642-2655 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24968en_US
dc.subjectExner's areaen_US
dc.subjectfMRIen_US
dc.subjectHandwritingen_US
dc.subjectSex differencesen_US
dc.titleMen and women differ in the neural basis of handwritingen_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.spage2642en_US
dc.identifier.epage2655en_US
dc.identifier.volume41en_US
dc.identifier.issue10en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/hbm.24968en_US
dcterms.abstractThere is an ongoing debate about whether, and to what extent, males differ from females in their language skills. In the case of handwriting, a composite language skill involving language and motor processes, behavioral observations consistently show robust sex differences but the mechanisms underlying the effect are unclear. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in a copying task, the present study examined the neural basis of sex differences in handwriting in 53 healthy adults (ages 19-28, 27 males). Compared to females, males showed increased activation in the left posterior middle frontal gyrus (Exner's area), a region thought to support the conversion between orthographic and graphomotor codes. Functional connectivity between Exner's area and the right cerebellum was greater in males than in females. Furthermore, sex differences in brain activity related to handwriting were independent of language material. This study identifies a novel neural signature of sex differences in a hallmark of human behavior, and highlights the importance of considering sex as a factor in scientific research and clinical applications involving handwriting.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHuman brain mapping, July 2020, v. 41, no. 10, p. 2642-2655en_US
dcterms.isPartOfHuman brain mappingen_US
dcterms.issued2020-07-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000515143500001-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85086482162-
dc.identifier.pmid32090433-
dc.identifier.eissn1097-0193en_US
dc.description.validate202006 bcrcen_US
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dc.description.pubStatusPublisheden_US
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