A shared neural code for gender across faces, bodies, and objects in the human brain
Wenjie Liu, Xiqian Lu, Yuhui Cheng, Ruidi Wang, Xinquan Lu, Xiangyong Yuan, Y Jiang
The paper identifies a shared neural representation for gender across faces, bodies, and objects in the human brain, highlighting a region in the right middle temporal gyrus that encodes gender independently of stimulus category.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience