Sex and Gender in Sensation and Perception

摘要: Philosophers and scientists have been attempting to understand how humans sense, perceive, respond their environment for thousands of years. Psychophysicists relied upon self-report, threshold measurements, perceptual accuracy, epidemiological comparisons define the limits norms our sensory abilities. A significant portion these investigations included differences between sexes, theories explanations about why occur proposed. Often sprinkled with anecdotal evidence or consensus stereotypes men women. Our capacity assess ability cognitive functioning has gradually improved over last 100 years brought it foundational that explain physiological eye, ear, other modalities sense environment. It is fair say improvement in unlock secrets senses increased exponentially 20 dawn digital age. also speculate next will make progress understanding brain interprets perceives information. These advances bring them a refinement tools needed clarify influences outcomes processes do not differentiate sexes. The intent this chapter provide reader first brief overview anatomy physiology individual systems. This followed by several specific examples what known gender-related sensitivity neurobiological explanations. focus on human studies from fields psychology, psychophysics, neuroscience. Sex sensation perception subject many previous reviews. Instead focusing an extensive history older literature, findings sex be presented, recent employed state-of-the-art neurophysiological imaging techniques. approach should appreciation potential newer methods can collective depth woman man.