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Emotion recognition and regulation in males: Role of sex and stress steroids (2024)
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Ilkevič, E., Hausmann, M., & Grikšienė, R. (2024). Emotion recognition and regulation in males: Role of sex and stress steroids. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 74, Article 101145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101145

Understanding emotions in males is crucial given their higher susceptibility to substance use, interpersonal violence, and suicide compared to females. Steroid hormones are assumed to be critical biological factors that affect and modulate emotion-re... Read More about Emotion recognition and regulation in males: Role of sex and stress steroids.

Language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy: A behavioral screening tool for surgical planning. (2024)
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Elizalde Acevedo, B., Agüero Vera, V., Oddo, S., De Anchorena, D., Mohr, C., Kochen, S., …Alba-Ferrara, L. (2024). Language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy: A behavioral screening tool for surgical planning. Neuropsychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000962

Objective: Temporal lobe epilepsy can disturb eloquent areas, affecting language. We applied a visually-mediated task to measure lateralization of language recognition in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy. Method: Patients with left (n = 26),... Read More about Language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy: A behavioral screening tool for surgical planning..

Recommendations for a better understanding of sex and gender in neuroscience of mental health (2023)
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Wierenga, L. M., Ruigrok, A., Aksnes, E. R., Barth, C., Beck, D., Burke, S., …Bos, M. G. N. (2024). Recommendations for a better understanding of sex and gender in neuroscience of mental health. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 4(2), Article 100283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.100283

There are prominent sex/gender differences in the prevalence, expression and lifespan course of mental health and neurodiverse conditions. Yet the underlying sex and gender related mechanisms and their interactions are still not fully understood. Thi... Read More about Recommendations for a better understanding of sex and gender in neuroscience of mental health.

Estradiol driven change in hallucination proneness across the menstrual cycle as studied with a white noise paradigm (2023)
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Hjelmervik, H., Hausmann, M., Bless, J. J., Harkestad, N., Hugdahl, K., & Laloyaux, J. (2024). Estradiol driven change in hallucination proneness across the menstrual cycle as studied with a white noise paradigm. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 159, Article 106410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106410

The estrogen hypothesis for schizophrenia suggests neuroprotective effects of estrogen for the development of the disorder and for symptom severity, including auditory hallucinations. Furthermore, estrogen has shown enhancing effects on cognitive con... Read More about Estradiol driven change in hallucination proneness across the menstrual cycle as studied with a white noise paradigm.

Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: No relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention (2023)
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Westerhausen, R., Fabri, M., & Hausmann, M. (2023). Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: No relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention. Neuropsychologia, 188, Article 108627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108627

The surgical section of the corpus callosum (callosotomy) has been frequently demonstrated to result in a left-ear extinction in dichotic listening. That is, callosotomy patients report the left-ear stimulus below chance level, resulting in substanti... Read More about Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: No relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention.

Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research. (2023)
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Vingerhoets, G., Verhelst, H., Gerrits, R., Badcock, N., Bishop, D., Carey, D., …LICI consortium. (2023). Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research. Laterality, 28(2-3), 122-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2199963

Lateral bias in visual working memory (2022)
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Griksiene, R., Gaizauskaite, R., Pretkelyte, I., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Lateral bias in visual working memory. Symmetry, 14(12), Article 2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14122509

The present study aimed to evaluate functional cerebral asymmetries of visual working memory (VWM) in relation to language lateralization. The bilateral change detection paradigm with capital letters as stimuli and the translingual lexical decision t... Read More about Lateral bias in visual working memory.

Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation (2022)
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Arrighi, L., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation. Learning & Memory, 29(9), 312-320. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053596.122

A recent meta−synthesis study with a sample of over 12 million participants revealed that the male advantage in mental rotation (MR) is the largest cognitive sex/gender difference found in psychological literature. MR requires test−takers to mentally... Read More about Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation.

Sex/gender differences in verbal fluency and verbal episodic memory - a meta-analysis (2022)
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Hirnstein, M., Stuebs, J., Moè, A., & Hausmann, M. (2023). Sex/gender differences in verbal fluency and verbal episodic memory - a meta-analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(1), 67-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221082116

Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in verbal fluency and verbal memory tasks. However, the last meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in verbal fluency dates from 1988. While verbal memory has only recently been invest... Read More about Sex/gender differences in verbal fluency and verbal episodic memory - a meta-analysis.

Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study (2022)
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Smekal, V., Burt, D., Kentridge, R., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study. Neuropsychology, 36(5), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000804

Objective: To resolve inconsistencies in the literature regarding the dominance of the right cerebral hemisphere (RH) in emotional face perception, specifically investigating the role of the intensity of emotional expressions, different emotions, and... Read More about Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study.

Sex/Gender Differences in Brain Lateralisation and Connectivity (2022)
Book Chapter
Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Sex/Gender Differences in Brain Lateralisation and Connectivity. In Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (1-29). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2022_303

There is now a significant body of literature concerning sex/gender differences in the human brain. This chapter will critically review and synthesise key findings from several studies that have investigated sex/gender differences in structural and f... Read More about Sex/Gender Differences in Brain Lateralisation and Connectivity.

Revisiting the attentional bias in the split brain (2021)
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Hausmann, M., Corballis, M., & Fabri, M. (2021). Revisiting the attentional bias in the split brain. Neuropsychologia, 162, Article 108042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108042

Previous research has revealed a strong right bias in allocation of attention in split brain subjects, suggesting that a pathological attention bias occurs not only after unilateral (usually right-hemispheric) damage but also after functional disconn... Read More about Revisiting the attentional bias in the split brain.

Sex/Gender Differences in the Human Brain (2021)
Book Chapter
Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Sex/Gender Differences in the Human Brain. In S. Della Salla (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2nd edition (Second Edition) (646-655). (2nd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.24103-5

Recent years have seen a substantial increase in the amount of research concerning sex/gender differences in the human brain. In this chapter, we review and synthesize some key research findings concerning sex/gender differences in brain structure, b... Read More about Sex/Gender Differences in the Human Brain.

Sex/gender differences in the brain are not trivial - a commentary on Eliot et al. (2021) (2021)
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Hirnstein, M., & Hausmann, M. (2021). Sex/gender differences in the brain are not trivial - a commentary on Eliot et al. (2021). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 130, 408-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.012

In this commentary to the comprehensive review by Eliot et al. (2021), we fully comply with rejecting the ‘sexual dimorphism’ concept in its extreme, binary form. However, we criticise the authors’ extreme position and argue that sex/gender differenc... Read More about Sex/gender differences in the brain are not trivial - a commentary on Eliot et al. (2021).

Sex/gender differences in brain activity - It's time for a biopsychosocial approach to cognitive neuroscience (2020)
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Hausmann, M. (2021). Sex/gender differences in brain activity - It's time for a biopsychosocial approach to cognitive neuroscience. Cognitive Neuroscience, 12(3-4), 178-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2020.1853087

There is compelling evidence that men and women differ in brain activity in long-term memory and other cognitive functions. However, until the origins of sex/gender differences in brain activity, and consequently behavior, are not fully understood, t... Read More about Sex/gender differences in brain activity - It's time for a biopsychosocial approach to cognitive neuroscience.

The relationship between language ability and brain activity across language processes and modalities (2020)
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Weber, S., Hausmann, M., Kane, P., & Weis, S. (2020). The relationship between language ability and brain activity across language processes and modalities. Neuropsychologia, 146, Article 107536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107536

Existing neuroimaging studies on the relationship between language ability and brain activity have found contradictory evidence: On the one hand, increased activity with higher language ability has been interpreted as deeper or more adaptive language... Read More about The relationship between language ability and brain activity across language processes and modalities.

Antipsychotic effects of sex hormones and atypical hemispheric asymmetries (2020)
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Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2020). Antipsychotic effects of sex hormones and atypical hemispheric asymmetries. Cortex, 127, 313-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.02.016

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) are a fundamental principle of brain organisation. While specific patterns of asymmetry are characteristic of healthy human brains, atypical or reduced FCAs have been reported for several psychotic disorders, in... Read More about Antipsychotic effects of sex hormones and atypical hemispheric asymmetries.

Gender Stereotypes and Incremental Beliefs in STEM and non-STEM Students in Three Countries: Relationships with Performance in Cognitive Tasks (2020)
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Moè, A., Hausmann, M., & Hirnstein, M. (2021). Gender Stereotypes and Incremental Beliefs in STEM and non-STEM Students in Three Countries: Relationships with Performance in Cognitive Tasks. Psychological Research, 85(2), 554-567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01285-0

Women’s underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has been linked, among others, to gender stereotypes and ability-related beliefs as well as gender differences in specific cognitive abilities. However, the bulk o... Read More about Gender Stereotypes and Incremental Beliefs in STEM and non-STEM Students in Three Countries: Relationships with Performance in Cognitive Tasks.

Laterality and (in)visibility in emotional face perception: Manipulations in spatial frequency content (2019)
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Hausmann, M., Innes, B., Birch, Y., & Kentridge, R. (2021). Laterality and (in)visibility in emotional face perception: Manipulations in spatial frequency content. Emotion, 21(1), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000648

It is widely agreed that hemispheric asymmetries in emotional face perception exist. However, the mechanisms underlying this lateralization are not fully understood. In the present study, we tested whether (a) these asymmetries are driven by the low... Read More about Laterality and (in)visibility in emotional face perception: Manipulations in spatial frequency content.

Language lateralisation measured across linguistic and national boundaries (2018)
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Hausmann, M., Brysbaert, M., Van der Haegen, L., Lewald, J., Specht, K., Hirnstein, M., …Mohr, C. (2019). Language lateralisation measured across linguistic and national boundaries. Cortex, 111, 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.10.020

The visual half-field technique has been shown to be a reliable and valid neuropsychological measurement of language lateralisation, typically showing higher accuracy and faster correct responses for linguistic stimuli presented in the right visual f... Read More about Language lateralisation measured across linguistic and national boundaries.

Sex hormonal effects on brain lateralization (2018)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M., & Burt, D. (2018). Sex hormonal effects on brain lateralization. In C. Schultheiss, & P. Mehta (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of social neuroendocrinology (357-370). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315200439-21

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) refer to variation in neural function between the left and right cerebral hemisphere. Small but robust sex differences in FCAs are frequently observed. However, there are considerable inconsistencies between stu... Read More about Sex hormonal effects on brain lateralization.

The Neuromodulatory Effects of Sex Hormones on Functional Cerebral Asymmetries and Cognitive Control (2018)
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Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2018). The Neuromodulatory Effects of Sex Hormones on Functional Cerebral Asymmetries and Cognitive Control. Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 29(3), 127-139. https://doi.org/10.1024/1016-264x/a000224

Nearly 20 years ago, Hausmann and Güntürkün (2000a, 2000b) published a review article in the Journal of Neuropsychology/Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie on the influences of sex hormones on functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs). They further present... Read More about The Neuromodulatory Effects of Sex Hormones on Functional Cerebral Asymmetries and Cognitive Control.

Cognitive sex differences and hemispheric asymmetry: A critical review of 40 years of research (2018)
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Hirnstein, M., Hugdahl, K., & Hausmann, M. (2019). Cognitive sex differences and hemispheric asymmetry: A critical review of 40 years of research. Laterality, 24(2), 204-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2018.1497044

According to a longstanding view, sex differences in cognitive abilities such as mental rotation or verbal memory arise from sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry: males are thought to be more lateralized than females which boosts their spatial bu... Read More about Cognitive sex differences and hemispheric asymmetry: A critical review of 40 years of research.

Hemispheric Asymmetries in Categorical Facial Expression Perception (2018)
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Burt, D., & Hausmann, M. (2019). Hemispheric Asymmetries in Categorical Facial Expression Perception. Emotion, 19(4), 584-592. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000460

Although many sensory phenomena vary continuously, humans tend to divide them into discrete categories with facial expressions being divided into categories such as happy, sad, anger, and fear. A critical effect of category use is categorical percept... Read More about Hemispheric Asymmetries in Categorical Facial Expression Perception.

Emotional prosody processing in epilepsy: Some insights on brain reorganization (2018)
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Alba-Ferrara, L., Kochen, S., & Hausmann, M. (2018). Emotional prosody processing in epilepsy: Some insights on brain reorganization. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, Article 92. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00092

Drug resistant epilepsy is one of the most complex, multifactorial and polygenic neurological syndrome. Besides its dynamicity and variability, it still provides us with a model to study brain-behavior relationship, giving cues on the anatomy and fun... Read More about Emotional prosody processing in epilepsy: Some insights on brain reorganization.

Sex- and sex hormone-related variations in energy-metabolic frontal brain asymmetries: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study (2018)
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Hjelmervik, H., Hausmann, M., Craven, A., Hirnstein, M., Hugdahl, K., & Specht, K. (2018). Sex- and sex hormone-related variations in energy-metabolic frontal brain asymmetries: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. NeuroImage, 172, 817-825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.043

Creatine is a key regulator of brain energy homeostasis, and well-balanced creatine metabolism is central in healthy brain functioning. Still, the variability of brain creatine metabolism is largely unattended in magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)... Read More about Sex- and sex hormone-related variations in energy-metabolic frontal brain asymmetries: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.

Sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in cognitive and sensory resting state networks (2017)
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Weis, S., Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2019). Sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in cognitive and sensory resting state networks. Brain and Cognition, 131, 66-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2017.09.003

It has not yet been established if resting state (RS) connectivity reflects stable characteristics of the brain, or if it is modulated by the psychological and/or physiological state of the participant. Based on research demonstrating sex hormonal ef... Read More about Sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in cognitive and sensory resting state networks.

Estradiol-related variations in top-down and bottom-up processes of cerebral lateralization (2017)
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Hodgetts, S., Weis, S., & Hausmann, M. (2017). Estradiol-related variations in top-down and bottom-up processes of cerebral lateralization. Neuropsychology, 31(3), 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000338

Objective: Natural fluctuations of sex hormones have been shown to modulate cerebral lateralization in dichotic listening tasks. Two recent studies presented contradictory notions regarding the mechanism of this effect. Specifically, whereas Hjelmerv... Read More about Estradiol-related variations in top-down and bottom-up processes of cerebral lateralization.

Why sex hormones matter for neuroscience: A very short review on sex, sex hormones, and functional brain asymmetries (2016)
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Hausmann, M. (2016). Why sex hormones matter for neuroscience: A very short review on sex, sex hormones, and functional brain asymmetries. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 95(1-2), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.23857

Biological sex and sex hormones are known to affect functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs). Men are generally more lateralized than women. The effect size of this sex difference is small but robust. Some of the inconsistencies in the literature may b... Read More about Why sex hormones matter for neuroscience: A very short review on sex, sex hormones, and functional brain asymmetries.

Sex hormones modulate neurophysiological correlates of visual temporal attention (2016)
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Kranczioch, C., Lindig, A., & Hausmann, M. (2016). Sex hormones modulate neurophysiological correlates of visual temporal attention. Neuropsychologia, 91, 86-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.08.004

The functional cerebral asymmetry (FCA) in processing targets within rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) streams has been reported to fluctuate across the menstrual cycle, with identification of the second of two closely spaced targets being impa... Read More about Sex hormones modulate neurophysiological correlates of visual temporal attention.

Music-induced changes in functional cerebral asymmetries (2016)
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Hausmann, M., Hodgetts, S., & Eerola, T. (2016). Music-induced changes in functional cerebral asymmetries. Brain and Cognition, 104, 58-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2016.03.001

After decades of research, it remains unclear whether emotion lateralization occurs because one hemisphere is dominant for processing the emotional content of the stimuli, or whether emotional stimuli activate lateralised networks associated with the... Read More about Music-induced changes in functional cerebral asymmetries.

Stability of right visual field advantage in an international lateralized lexical decision task irrespective of participants’ sex, handedness or bilingualism (2016)
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Willemin, J., Hausmann, M., Brysbaert, M., Dael, N., Chmetz, F., Fioravera, A., …Mohr, C. (2016). Stability of right visual field advantage in an international lateralized lexical decision task irrespective of participants’ sex, handedness or bilingualism. Laterality, 21(4-6), 502-524. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2015.1130716

In lateralized lexical decision tasks (LDTs), accuracy is higher and reaction times (RTs) are faster for right visual field (RVF) than left visual field (LVF) presentations. Visual field differences are thought to demonstrate the left hemisphere's (L... Read More about Stability of right visual field advantage in an international lateralized lexical decision task irrespective of participants’ sex, handedness or bilingualism.

A leftward bias however you look at it: revisiting the emotional chimeric face task as a tool for measuring emotion lateralization (2015)
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Innes, R., Burt, D., Birch, Y., & Hausmann, M. (2016). A leftward bias however you look at it: revisiting the emotional chimeric face task as a tool for measuring emotion lateralization. Laterality, 21(4-6), 643-661. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2015.1117095

Left hemiface biases observed within the Emotional Chimeric Face Task (ECFT) support emotional face perception models whereby all expressions are preferentially processed by the right hemisphere. However, previous research using this task has not con... Read More about A leftward bias however you look at it: revisiting the emotional chimeric face task as a tool for measuring emotion lateralization.

High estradiol levels improve false memory rates and meta-memory in highly schizotypal women (2015)
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Hodgetts, S., Hausmann, M., & Weis, S. (2015). High estradiol levels improve false memory rates and meta-memory in highly schizotypal women. Psychiatry Research, 229(3), 708-714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.08.016

Overconfidence in false memories is often found in patients with schizophrenia and healthy participants with high levels of schizotypy, indicating an impairment of meta-cognition within the memory domain. In general, cognitive control is suggested to... Read More about High estradiol levels improve false memory rates and meta-memory in highly schizotypal women.

Sex hormones affect language lateralisation but not cognitive control in normally cycling women (2015)
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Hodgetts, S., Weis, S., & Hausmann, M. (2015). Sex hormones affect language lateralisation but not cognitive control in normally cycling women. Hormones and Behavior, 74, 194-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.06.019

Natural fluctuations of sex hormones during the menstrual cycle have been shown to modulate language lateralisation. Using the dichotic listening (DL) paradigm, a well-established measurement of language lateralisation, several studies revealed that... Read More about Sex hormones affect language lateralisation but not cognitive control in normally cycling women.

The neuronal correlates of sex differences in left-right confusion (2015)
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Hjelmervik, H., Westerhausen, R., Hirnstein, M., Specht, K., & Hausmann, M. (2015). The neuronal correlates of sex differences in left-right confusion. NeuroImage, 113, 196-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.066

Difficulties in left–right discrimination (LRD) are commonly experienced in everyday life situations. Here we investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of LRD and the specific role of left angular gyrus. Given that previous behavioral research report... Read More about The neuronal correlates of sex differences in left-right confusion.

Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder (2014)
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Najt, P., & Hausmann, M. (2014). Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder. Psychiatry Research, 220(1-2), 315-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.08.015

Bipolar disorder (BD) has been associated with right hemisphere dysfunction. These findings usually come from studies that have not distinguished between symptomatic and euthymic states of BD. The present study aims to investigate atypical right (and... Read More about Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder.

Arts versus science - Academic background implicitly activates gender stereotypes on cognitive abilities with threat raising men's (but lowering women's) performance (2014)
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Hausmann, M. (2014). Arts versus science - Academic background implicitly activates gender stereotypes on cognitive abilities with threat raising men's (but lowering women's) performance. Intelligence, 46, 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2014.07.004

There is ongoing debate as to whether “innate” cognitive sex differences contribute to the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering careers. Decades of gender research have revealed good evidence that both biological (e.g. sex hormones... Read More about Arts versus science - Academic background implicitly activates gender stereotypes on cognitive abilities with threat raising men's (but lowering women's) performance.

Resting states are resting traits - An fMRI study of sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in resting state cognitive control networks (2014)
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Hjelmervik, H., Hausmann, M., Osnes, B., Westerhausen, R., & Specht, K. (2014). Resting states are resting traits - An fMRI study of sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in resting state cognitive control networks. PLoS ONE, 9(7), Article e103492. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103492

To what degree resting state fMRI is stable or susceptible to internal mind states of the individual is currently an issue of debate. To address this issue, the present study focuses on sex differences and investigates whether resting state fMRI is s... Read More about Resting states are resting traits - An fMRI study of sex differences and menstrual cycle effects in resting state cognitive control networks.

Gender-stereotyping and cognitive sex differences in mixed- and same-gender groups (2014)
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Hirnstein, M., Andrews, L., & Hausmann, M. (2014). Gender-stereotyping and cognitive sex differences in mixed- and same-gender groups. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(8), 1663-1673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0311-5

Sex differences in specific cognitive abilities are well documented, but the biological, psychological, and sociocultural interactions that may underlie these differences are largely unknown. We examined within a biopsychosocial approach how gender s... Read More about Gender-stereotyping and cognitive sex differences in mixed- and same-gender groups.

Menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying cortical networks (2014)
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Thimm, M., Weis, S., Hausmann, M., & Sturm, W. (2014). Menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying cortical networks. Neuroscience, 258, 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.010

It was the aim of the present study to investigate menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying functional cerebral networks. Twenty-one healthy, right-handed, normally cycling women were investigated by means of functional magne... Read More about Menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying cortical networks.

How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large scale dichotic listening study (2014)
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Hirnstein, M., Hugdahl, K., & Hausmann, M. (2014). How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large scale dichotic listening study. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 997. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00997

All major mental functions including language, spatial and emotional processing are lateralized but how strongly and to which hemisphere is subject to inter- and intraindividual variation. Relatively little, however, is known about how the degree and... Read More about How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large scale dichotic listening study.

Right fronto-parietal dysfunction underlying spatial attention in bipolar disorder (2013)
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Najt, P., Bayer, U., & Hausmann, M. (2013). Right fronto-parietal dysfunction underlying spatial attention in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research, 210(2), 479-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.07.021

Although the neural underpinning of bipolar disorder (BD) is still unknown, recent research suggests that the right fronto-parietal cortex is particularly affected in BD patients. If this were true, we would expect atypical functional cerebral asymme... Read More about Right fronto-parietal dysfunction underlying spatial attention in bipolar disorder.

Auditory-visual localization in hemianopia (2013)
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Lewald, J., Kentridge, R., Peters, S., Tegenthof, M., Heywood, C., & Hausmann, M. (2013). Auditory-visual localization in hemianopia. Neuropsychology, 27(5), 573-582. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033451

Objective: Beyond visual field defects, patients with hemianopia have been suggested to perceive horizontal visual space in a distorted manner. However, the pattern of these distortions remained debatable. The aim of this study was to estimate the ge... Read More about Auditory-visual localization in hemianopia.

Sex hormonal modulation of interhemispheric transfer time (2013)
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Hausmann, M., Hamm, J., Waldie, K., & Kirk, I. (2013). Sex hormonal modulation of interhemispheric transfer time. Neuropsychologia, 51(9), 1734-1741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.05.017

It is still a matter of debate whether functional cerebral asymmetries (FCA) of many cognitive processes are more pronounced in men than in women. Some evidence suggests that the apparent reduction in women's FCA is a result of the fluctuating levels... Read More about Sex hormonal modulation of interhemispheric transfer time.

Effects of oxytocin on women’s aggression depend on state anxiety (2013)
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Campbell, A., & Hausmann, M. (2013). Effects of oxytocin on women’s aggression depend on state anxiety. Aggressive Behavior, 39(4), 316-322. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21478

Research on oxytocin (OT) indicates that it has stress reducing effects. This leads to opposing predictions of decreased and increased aggression which we examine in this study. Following completion of a state anxiety measure and administration of OT... Read More about Effects of oxytocin on women’s aggression depend on state anxiety.

Effects of sex and age on auditory spatial scene analysis (2013)
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Lewald, J., & Hausmann, M. (2013). Effects of sex and age on auditory spatial scene analysis. Hearing Research, 299, 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2013.02.005

Recently, it has been demonstrated that men outperform women in spatial analysis of complex auditory scenes (Zündorf et al., 2011). The present study investigated the relation between the effects of ageing and sex on the spatial segregation of concur... Read More about Effects of sex and age on auditory spatial scene analysis.

Emotional prosody modulates attention in schizophrenia patients with hallucinations (2013)
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Alba-Ferrara, L., de Erausquin, G., Hirnstein, M., Weis, S., & Hausmann, M. (2013). Emotional prosody modulates attention in schizophrenia patients with hallucinations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00059

Recent findings have demonstrated that emotional prosody (EP) attracts attention involuntarily (Grandjean et al., 2008). The automat shift of attention toward emotionally salient stimuli can be overcome by attentional control (Hahn et al., 2010). Att... Read More about Emotional prosody modulates attention in schizophrenia patients with hallucinations.

Models of hemispheric specialization in facial emotion perception - a reevaluation (2013)
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Najt, P., Bayer, U., & Hausmann, M. (2013). Models of hemispheric specialization in facial emotion perception - a reevaluation. Emotion, 13(1), 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029723

A considerable amount of research on functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) for facial emotion perception has shown conflicting support for three competing models: (i) the Right Hemisphere Hypothesis, (ii) the Valence-Specific Hypothesis, and (iii) t... Read More about Models of hemispheric specialization in facial emotion perception - a reevaluation.

Atypical lateralization in emotional prosody in men with schizotypy (2012)
Journal Article
Najt, P., Bayer, U., & Hausmann, M. (2012). Atypical lateralization in emotional prosody in men with schizotypy. Laterality, 17(5), 533-548. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2011.586702

Individuals high in schizotypy have been shown to reveal reduced lateralisation in verbal processing which may be influenced by an impaired left hemisphere performance. However, little is known about schizotypy and right hemisphere functions such as... Read More about Atypical lateralization in emotional prosody in men with schizotypy.

Contributions of emotional prosody comprehension deficits to the formation of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia (2012)
Journal Article
Alba-Ferrara, L., Fernyhough, C., Weis, S., Mitchell, R., & Hausmann, M. (2012). Contributions of emotional prosody comprehension deficits to the formation of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia. Clinical Psychology Review, 32(4), 244-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2012.02.003

Deficits in emotional processing have been widely described in schizophrenia. Associations of positive symptoms with poor emotional prosody comprehension (EPC) have been reported at the phenomenological, behavioral, and neural levels. This review foc... Read More about Contributions of emotional prosody comprehension deficits to the formation of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia.

Menstrual cycle-related changes of functional cerebral asymmetries in fine motor coordination (2012)
Journal Article
Bayer, U., & Hausmann, M. (2012). Menstrual cycle-related changes of functional cerebral asymmetries in fine motor coordination. Brain and Cognition, 79(1), 34-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2012.02.003

Fluctuating sex hormone levels during the menstrual cycle have been shown to affect functional cerebral asymmetries in cognitive domains. These effects seem to result from the neuromodulatory properties of sex hormones and their metabolites on interh... Read More about Menstrual cycle-related changes of functional cerebral asymmetries in fine motor coordination.

Passive auditory stimulation improves vision in hemianopia (2012)
Journal Article
Lewald, J., Tegenthoff, M., Peters, S., & Hausmann, M. (2012). Passive auditory stimulation improves vision in hemianopia. PLoS ONE, 7(5), Article e31603. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031603

Techniques employed in rehabilitation of visual field disorders such as hemianopia are usually based on either visual or audio-visual stimulation and patients have to perform a training task. Here we present results from a completely different, novel... Read More about Passive auditory stimulation improves vision in hemianopia.

Armonia hormonal. (2011)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M., & Bayer, U. (2011). Armonia hormonal

The neural correlates of emotional prosody comprehension: Disentangling simple from complex emotion (2011)
Journal Article
Alba-Ferrara, L., Hausmann, M., Mitchel, R., & Weis, S. (2011). The neural correlates of emotional prosody comprehension: Disentangling simple from complex emotion. PLoS ONE, 6(12), Article e28701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028701

Background Emotional prosody comprehension (EPC), the ability to interpret another person's feelings by listening to their tone of voice, is crucial for effective social communication. Previous studies assessing the neural correlates of EPC have foun... Read More about The neural correlates of emotional prosody comprehension: Disentangling simple from complex emotion.

Dynamic changes in functional cerebral connectivity of spatial cognition during the menstrual cycle (2011)
Journal Article
Weis, S., Hausmann, M., Stoffers, B., & Sturm, W. (2011). Dynamic changes in functional cerebral connectivity of spatial cognition during the menstrual cycle. Human Brain Mapping, 32(10), 1544-1556. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21126

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) in women have been shown to vary with changing levels of sex hormones during the menstrual cycle. Previous studies have suggested that interhemispheric interaction forms a key component in generating FCAs and it... Read More about Dynamic changes in functional cerebral connectivity of spatial cognition during the menstrual cycle.

Disentangling the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry and cognitive performance. (2010)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Leask, S., Rose, J., & Hausmann, M. (2010). cognitive performance. Brain and Cognition, 73, 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2010.04.002

It is widely believed that advantages of hemispheric asymmetries originated in better cognitive processing, hence it is often implied that the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry and cognitive performance is linearly positive: the higher the d... Read More about Disentangling the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry and cognitive performance..

Sexualhormone und Verhalten. (2010)
Book Chapter
Jordan, K., & Hausmann, M. (2010). Sexualhormone und Verhalten. In J. Müller (Ed.), Neurobiologie forensich-relevanter Störungen (118-126). Kohlhammer

Sex hormonal Effects on Hemispheric Asymmetry and Interhemispheric Interaction (2010)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M., & Bayer, U. (2010). Sex hormonal Effects on Hemispheric Asymmetry and Interhemispheric Interaction. In K. Hugdahl, & R. Westerhausen (Eds.), The Two Halves of the Brain. Information Processing in the Cerebral Hemispheres (253-286). Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press

Kognitive Geschlechtsunterschiede. (2010)
Book Chapter
Hirnstein, M., & Hausmann, M. (2010). Kognitive Geschlechtsunterschiede. In G. Steins (Ed.), Handbuch Psychologie und Geschlechterforschung (69-85). VS Verlag fuer Sozialwissenschaften

Hormonal effects on the plasticity of cognitive brain functions (2010)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M. (2010). Hormonal effects on the plasticity of cognitive brain functions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1(4), 607-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.21

Sex hormones have powerful neuronal actions in the brain and affect the interaction between functionally linked cortical areas within and across cerebral hemispheres, probably via their neuromodulatory properties on gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutam... Read More about Hormonal effects on the plasticity of cognitive brain functions.

Sex Hormones: modulators of interhemispheric inhibition in the human brain (2010)
Journal Article
Weis, S., & Hausmann, M. (2010). Sex Hormones: modulators of interhemispheric inhibition in the human brain. Neuroscientist, 16(2), 132-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073858409341481

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs), which constitute a basic principle of human brain organization, are supposedly generated by interhemispheric inhibition of the dominant on the nondominant hemisphere. It has repeatedly been shown that FCAs are... Read More about Sex Hormones: modulators of interhemispheric inhibition in the human brain.

Hormonelle Harmonie (2009)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M., & Bayer, U. (2009). Hormonelle Harmonie

Distortion of auditory space in hemianopia (2009)
Journal Article
Lewald, J., Peters, S., Tegenthoff, M., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Distortion of auditory space in hemianopia. European Journal of Neuroscience, 30(7), 1401-1411. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06905.x

Sound localization was investigated in patients with homonymous hemianopia, a visual field defect characterized by a loss of vision in one hemifield that is caused by unilateral brain lesions involving the visual cortex or its afferents. The primary... Read More about Distortion of auditory space in hemianopia.

Dissociation of auditory and visual straight ahead in hemianopia (2009)
Journal Article
Lewald, J., Peters, S., Tegenthoff, M., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Dissociation of auditory and visual straight ahead in hemianopia. Brain Research, 1287, 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2009.06.085

The perception of body orientation in space can be significantly affected by unilateral brain damage. One syndrome associated with such a disorder is homonymous hemianopia, resulting from lesions in postchiasmatic afferent visual pathways. Several st... Read More about Dissociation of auditory and visual straight ahead in hemianopia.

Sex differences in left-right confusion depend on hemispheric asymmetry (2009)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Ocklenburg, S., Schneider, D., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Sex differences in left-right confusion depend on hemispheric asymmetry. Cortex, 45(7), 891-899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2008.11.009

Numerous studies have reported that women believe they are more susceptible to left–right confusion than men. Indeed, some studies have also found sex differences in behavioural tasks. It has been suggested that women have more difficulties with left... Read More about Sex differences in left-right confusion depend on hemispheric asymmetry.

Effects of sex hormone therapy on interhemispheric crosstalk in postmenopausal women (2009)
Journal Article
Bayer, U., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Effects of sex hormone therapy on interhemispheric crosstalk in postmenopausal women. Neuropsychology, 23(4), 509-518. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015436

Evidence exists that fluctuating levels of sex hormones affect interhemispheric interaction in women during the menstrual cycle. The present study investigated whether interhemispheric interaction is susceptible to direct hormonal manipulations via h... Read More about Effects of sex hormone therapy on interhemispheric crosstalk in postmenopausal women.

Interactive effects of sex hormones and gender stereotypes on cognitive sex differences – a psychobiosocial approach (2009)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M., Schoofs, D., Rosenthal, H., & Jordan, K. (2009). Interactive effects of sex hormones and gender stereotypes on cognitive sex differences – a psychobiosocial approach. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34(3), 389-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.019

Biological and social factors have been shown to affect cognitive sex differences. For example, several studies have found that sex hormones have activating effects on sex-sensitive tasks. On the other hand, it has been shown that gender stereotypes... Read More about Interactive effects of sex hormones and gender stereotypes on cognitive sex differences – a psychobiosocial approach.

Perception of stationary and moving sound following unilateral cortectomy (2009)
Journal Article
Lewald, J., Peters, S., Corballis, M., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Perception of stationary and moving sound following unilateral cortectomy. Neuropsychologia, 47(4), 962-971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.016

The perception of motion is an essential prerequisite to responding adequately to the dynamic aspects of sensory information in the environment. The neural substrates of auditory motion processing are, at present, still a matter of debate. It has bee... Read More about Perception of stationary and moving sound following unilateral cortectomy.

Sex differences and the impact of steroid hormones on the developing human brain (2009)
Journal Article
Neufang, S., Specht, K., Hausmann, M., Güntürkün, O., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Fink, G., & Konrad, K. (2009). Sex differences and the impact of steroid hormones on the developing human brain. Cerebral Cortex, 19(2), 464-473. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhn100

Little is known about the hormonal effects of puberty on the anatomy of the developing human brain. In a voxel-based morphometry study, sex-related differences in gray matter (GM) volume were examined in 46 subjects aged 8–15 years. Males had larger... Read More about Sex differences and the impact of steroid hormones on the developing human brain.

Estrogen therapy affects right hemispheric functioning in postmenopausal women (2009)
Journal Article
Bayer, U., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Estrogen therapy affects right hemispheric functioning in postmenopausal women. Hormones and Behavior, 55(1), 228-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.009

It has been suggested that hormone therapy (HT) in postmenopausal women differentially affects verbal and visuo-spatial abilities which mainly rely on left hemisphere (LH) and right hemisphere (RH) functioning, respectively. Thus, it seems likely tha... Read More about Estrogen therapy affects right hemispheric functioning in postmenopausal women.

Geschlecht, Sexualhormone und Hirnasymmetrie. (2008)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M. (2008). Geschlecht, Sexualhormone und Hirnasymmetrie. In M. Hermann, & S. Gauggel (Eds.), Handbuch der Neuro- und Biopsychologie (287-302). Hogrefe

Estradiol Modulates Functional Brain Organization during the Menstrual Cycle: An Analysis of Interhemispheric Inhibition (2008)
Journal Article
Weis, S., Hausmann, M., Stoffers, B., Vohn, R., Kellermann, T., & Sturm, W. (2008). Estradiol Modulates Functional Brain Organization during the Menstrual Cycle: An Analysis of Interhemispheric Inhibition. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(50), 13401-13410. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4392-08.2008

According to the hypothesis of progesterone-mediated interhemispheric decoupling (Hausmann and Güntürkün, 2000), functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs), which are stable in men and change during the menstrual cycle in women, are generated by interhem... Read More about Estradiol Modulates Functional Brain Organization during the Menstrual Cycle: An Analysis of Interhemispheric Inhibition.

Interhemispheric interaction during the menstrual cycle (2008)
Journal Article
Bayer, U., Kessler, N., Güntürkün, O., & Hausmann, M. (2008). Interhemispheric interaction during the menstrual cycle. Neuropsychologia, 46(9), 2415-2422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.02.028

Fluctuating levels of sex hormones and high levels of progesterone (P), in particular, have been suggested to reduce interhemispheric inhibition. The present study focuses on hormone-dependent modulation of interhemispheric integration. In two versio... Read More about Interhemispheric interaction during the menstrual cycle.

The evolutionary origins of functional cerebral asymmetries in humans: Does lateralization enhance parallel processing? (2008)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Hausmann, M., & Güntürkün, O. (2008). The evolutionary origins of functional cerebral asymmetries in humans: Does lateralization enhance parallel processing?. Behavioural Brain Research, 187(2), 297-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2007.09.023

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) are a fundamental principle of brain organization in many species. However, little is known about why they have evolved. Since FCAs are such a widespread phenomenon they seem to constitute an evolutionary select... Read More about The evolutionary origins of functional cerebral asymmetries in humans: Does lateralization enhance parallel processing?.

Funktionelle Hirnorganisation und Geschlecht. (2007)
Book Chapter
Güntürkün, O., & Hausmann, M. (2007). Funktionelle Hirnorganisation und Geschlecht. In S. Lautenbacher, O. Güntürkün, & M. Hausmann (Eds.), Gehirn und Geschlechts – Neurowissenschaft des kleinen Unterschieds zwischen Frau und Mann (87-104). Springer Science

Kognitive Geschlechtsunterschiede. (2007)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M. (2007). Kognitive Geschlechtsunterschiede. In S. Lautenbacher, M. Hausmann, & O. Güntürkün (Eds.), Gehirn und Geschlecht – Neurowissenschaft des kleinen Unterschieds zwischen Frau und Mann (105-124). Springer Science

Sex differences in cortical and subcortical recruitment during simple and complex motor control: An fMRI study (2007)
Journal Article
Lissek, S., Hausmann, M., Knossalla, F., Peters, S., Nicolas, V., Güntürkün, O., & Tegenthoff, M. (2007). Sex differences in cortical and subcortical recruitment during simple and complex motor control: An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 37(3), 912-926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.05.037

In this study we compared brain activation patterns in men and women during performance of a fine motor task, in order to investigate the influence of motor task complexity upon asymmetries of hemispheric recruitment. Thirty-three right-handed partic... Read More about Sex differences in cortical and subcortical recruitment during simple and complex motor control: An fMRI study.

Transcallosal inhibition across the menstrual cycle: A TMS study (2006)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M., Tegenthoff, M., Sänger, J., Janssen, F., Güntürkün, O., & Schwenkreis, P. (2006). Transcallosal inhibition across the menstrual cycle: A TMS study. Clinical Neurophysiology, 117(1), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2005.08.022

Objective To determine if there are steroid-dependent changes in transcallosal transfer during the menstrual cycle in normal women. Methods We tested 13 normally cycling women during the menstrual, follicular and midluteal phases. Blood levels of est... Read More about Transcallosal inhibition across the menstrual cycle: A TMS study.

Hirnstrukturelle und hirnphysiologische Besonderheiten der Frau. (2005)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M. (2005). Hirnstrukturelle und hirnphysiologische Besonderheiten der Frau. In A. Riecher-Rössler, & J. Bitzer (Eds.), Frauengesundheit - Ein praktischer Leitfaden für Ärzte und Psychotherapeuten (62-71). Urban and Fischer

Hemispheric asymmetry in spatial attention across the menstrual cycle (2005)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M. (2005). Hemispheric asymmetry in spatial attention across the menstrual cycle. Neuropsychologia, 43(11), 1559-1567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.01.017

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) are known to fluctuate across the menstrual cycle. The mechanisms of these sex hormonal modulations are poorly understood. It has been suggested that gonadal steroid hormones might suppress or specifically activ... Read More about Hemispheric asymmetry in spatial attention across the menstrual cycle.

Wie Sexualhormone unser Denken beeinflussen. (2004)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M., & Sänger, J. (2004). Wie Sexualhormone unser Denken beeinflussen. In C. Quaiser-Pohl, & K. Jordan (Eds.), Warum Frauen glauben, Sie könnten nicht einparken und Männer ihnen Recht geben - Über Schwächen, die gar keine sind. Eine Antwort auf A. & B. Pease (56-70). Verlag C. H. Beck

Sex differences in line bisection as a function of hand (2002)
Journal Article
Hausmann, M., Ergun, G., Yazgan, Y., & Güntürkün, O. (2002). Sex differences in line bisection as a function of hand. Neuropsychologia, 40(3), 235-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0028-3932%2801%2900112-9

If subjects are asked to indicate the midpoint of a horizontal line, they tend to bisect it left of the center, a phenomenon called ‘pseudoneglect’. Assuming that this task evokes visuospatial processes, the left bias is generally considered to arise... Read More about Sex differences in line bisection as a function of hand.

Plastizität cerebraler Asymmetrien (2000)
Book Chapter
Hausmann, M., & Güntürkün, O. (2000). Plastizität cerebraler Asymmetrien. In I. Daum, & W. Widdig (Eds.), Aktuelle Aspekte der Neurorehabilitation (12-30). Pabst Science Publishers