The Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Chateau de Bonas, Gers, France, July 14-18, 1992

This varied volume is a record of the major presentations at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior held at Chateau de Bonas, Gers, France, July 14-18, 1992. Includes material from anatomical and endocrinological studies.

Inherited and Environmental Determinants of Bisexuality in the Male Rat.- A Sexually Dimorphic Motor Nucleus: Steroid Sensitive Afferents, Sex Differences and Hormonal Regulation.- Neonatal Programming of Adult Partner Preference in Male Rats.- Neural Bases of Behavioral Sex Differences in Quail.- Animal Sexual Differentiation : the Early Days and Current Questions.- Consequences of Gender Differences in Mathematical Reasoning Ability and some Biological Linkages.- How and Why Sex Differences Evolve, with Spatial Ability as a Paradigm Example.- Hormonal and Neural Correlates of Sex-Typed Behavioral Development in Human Beings.- Are Sex or Gender Relevant Categories to Language Performance ? A Critical Review.- Organizational Effects of Gonadal Hormones Induce Qualitative Differences in Visuospatial Navigation.- Intraspecific Aggression in Mice (Mus Domesticus): Male and Female Strategies.- A Comparison of Drug Responses by Male and Female Rats During Aggression Tests.- Sex Differences in Primate Social Behavior.- What, How, and Why of Gender Differences from an Evolutionary Perspective.- Sex and the Mutant Mouse: Strategies for Understanding the Sexual Differentiation of the Brain.- Sexualisation of Behavior During Development in the Pig.- Some Genetic Considerations in the Development of Sexual Orientation.- Morphological Correlates of Neuronal Plasticity to Gonadal Steroids : Sexual Differentiation of the Preoptic Area.- Mating-Induced Expression of Immediate-Early Genes in the Male and Female Nervous System.- The Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Brain Anatomy, Physiology and Behavior is Under Complex Hormonal Control.- Sexual Dimorphism in the Accessory Olfactory System.- Sex Differences in the Rat Cerebral Cortex.- Sexual Dimorphisms in Regulatory Systems for Aggression.- Sexually Dimorphic Hypothalamic Cell Groups and a Related Pathway that are Essential for Masculine Copulatory Behavior.- Sex Differences in Human Social Behavior: Meta-Analytic Studies of Social Psychological Research.- The Psychobiology of Sexual Orientation.- Alternative Conceptions of Sex (and Sex Differences).- Dimensions of Human Sexual identity: Transsexuals, Homosexuals, Fetishists, Cross-Gendered Children and Animal Models.- List of Participants.