The role of early testosterone and brain laterality in language development

早期睾酮和大脑偏侧性在语言发展中的作用

• 批准号: DP160101174
• 负责人: Prof Andrew Whitehouse
• 金额: $ 29.66万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-09-30 至 2021-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP160101174
• 关键词: role; early; testosterone; brain; laterality

The aim of the project is to provide key insights into how foetal hormone exposure and early brain growth support child language. The specialisation of the left cerebral hemisphere for language function is considered critical to supporting the complexity of human language. There is evidence of sex differences in patterns of brain specialisation, which has led to popular but unsubstantiated hypotheses linking prenatal testosterone and language development. The project aims to explore this by using innovative neuroimaging, endocrine and genetic techniques to track neurodevelopment longitudinally from prenatal life to three years of age. An important aspect of the project is the anticipated refinement of innovative methods for measuring early human development.

该项目的目的是提供关于胎儿激素暴露和早期大脑生长如何支持儿童语言的关键见解。大脑左半球语言功能的专门化被认为是支持人类语言复杂性的关键。有证据表明，大脑专业化模式存在性别差异，这导致了流行但未经证实的假设，将产前睾丸激素和语言发展联系起来。该项目旨在通过使用创新的神经成像，内分泌和遗传技术来探索这一点，以纵向跟踪从产前到三岁的神经发育。该项目的一个重要方面是预期改进衡量早期人类发展的创新方法。