retiredAg.
I am not a neuro scientist and I doubt you're a retired neuro scientist.
This article is illustrative of the problems of the conclusions the media reported of that study:
https://www.christianpost.com/news/study-showing-brains-differ-gender-dysphoria-doesnt-prove-transgenderism-innate-experts-224583/Quote:
...experts say the study doesn't show whether the brain differences are innate or due to the choices and life experiences of those with gender dysphoria....
..."Despite the claims of this recent study, a single MRI scan cannot be used to diagnose 'transgenderism,'" said Dr. Michelle Cretella, president of American College of Pediatricians, in a recent interview with CP.
"The fundamental problem is that a brain 'difference' detected at a single point in time cannot establish causation because thinking and behavior are known to alter brain anatomy, activity and function. This process is known as neuroplasticity."...
..."To prove that there is a 'trans brain' scientists would need to take MRIs of a set of thousands of randomly selected, nationally representative infants at birth and then serially into young adulthood in order to identify an unchanging brain difference across the subjects' lifespan that is present ONLY in trans identifying young adults."...
Likewise, Dr. Martin Bednar, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist shared his analysis with CP.
..."From my review of the abstract and various news releases, it is clear that this is an MRI cross-sectional study, i.e. one point in time rather than a longitudinal study (multiple MRIs over a period of time in the same individual) to determine if there are changes over time, e.g., from birth to the point where gender dysphoria was clearly expressed by an individual," Bednar wrote....
He elaborated further, using an example of taxicab drivers in London who have "the knowledge" an understanding of the spatial layout of the city. It turns out that these taxicab drivers exhibit a strong relationship between the volume of their posterior hippocampus (a critical brain region for memory) and the amount of time that they have been a taxicab driver.
..."Are we to assume that certain individuals were born to become taxicab drivers or is it much more logical to conclude that their brains continue to change over time as they accumulated more knowledge and experience of London's complicated grid?" Bednar asked....
By the way. Kind of funny that this study proves that men and women have different brain structures. Don't tell a feminist!
I recently listened to a pod cast from a gender neuro scientist named Dr Debra Soh. She talked about a recent rise in 'rapid transition transgenderism' that goes like this....
A teenage girl is gender typical her whole life and suddenly, one day, comes home and declares that she's a boy. This apparently happens a lot and what the data shows is that its very clear that these 'transitions' are largely socially constructed. E.G. The girl has a friend that did it and now she wants to etc.
Find the podcast and listen to it.
Furthermore, as I said, mental illness is often found in the brain - why would gender dysphoria be any different?
https://www.livescience.com/49694-mental-illness-brain-similarities.htmlRetiredAg
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One doesn't need to approve of being gay in order to be kind, compassionate and respectful to them. That's something the seamasters of our society have yet to grasp.
You don't know me at all. You really don't know me. One thing I stress often to my children is compassion and respect for others. What offends you is that I don't follow the new orthodoxy. I believe in truth that is objective and the same today as it was 1,000 years ago. If you knew me - if I was your neighbor, for example - I am confident that you would find me to be compassionate and respectful.
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