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Hormone Effect May Be Why Boys Talk Later than Girls

Started by Felix, February 14, 2012, 03:53:12 AM

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Felix

February 14, 2012, 03:53:12 AM
MedPage Today
Todd Neale
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/30890

Prenatal exposure to testosterone appears to affect language development -- and to do so differently in males than in females, researchers found.

Males exposed to the highest testosterone levels were more than twice as likely to have a language delay at age 3 (OR 2.47, 95% CI 1.12 to 5.47), according to Andrew Whitehouse, PhD, of the University of Western Australia in Perth, and colleagues.

Conversely, females exposed to the highest levels had a reduced likelihood of having a language delay at that age (OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.99), the researchers reported online in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

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Jamie D

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February 14, 2012, 11:13:45 AM
I have always thought girls talked sooner, and more, than boys because they had a lot to say.  ;)
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