Generalizable sex differences in functional brain organization follow the cortical hierarchy in youth
Audrey C. Luo, Meike D. Hettwer, Aaron F. Alexander-Bloch, Joëlle Bagautdinova, Deanna M. Barch, Matthew Cieslak, Elizabeth A. Flook, Alexandre R. Franco, Raquel E. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Arielle S. Keller, Gregory Kiar, Michael P. Milham, Laura Pritschet, Armin Raznahan, , Theodore D. Satterthwaite
The paper examines sex differences in functional brain connectivity across youth, finding that males show greater network integration while females show greater network segregation along the sensorimotor-association axis.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience