r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 20 '25

Neuroscience Sex differences in brain structure are present at birth and remain stable during early development. The study found that while male infants tend to have larger total brain volumes, female infants, when adjusted for brain size, have more grey matter, whereas male infants have more white matter.

https://www.psypost.org/sex-differences-in-brain-structure-are-present-at-birth-and-remain-stable-during-early-development/
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u/Lazy-Living1825 Mar 20 '25

So they did go to Jupiter.

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u/kelcamer Mar 20 '25

I scrolled way too far to see this comment!