Recent study by Mahmoud 'et al' Shows hormonal Influence on Cognitive Function.

However, a recent study by Mahmoud et al., has suggested that the hormonal influence on cognitive function between genders might be relevant due to the different abilities of sex hormones to induce neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Berenbaum et al., claim that sexual differentiation related to hormones takes place during the early prenatal and early postnatal phases, in which the high level of androgen induces the development of spatial ability and learning abilities, A low level of testosterone across ages can reduce cognitive function. A review of scientific evidence about the differences of hormonal effects towards different genders was undertaken by Torres et al, who concluded that female subjects perform better in verbal fluency, perceptual speed tasks, fine motor skills, verbal memory and verbal learning, Males, however, are better in visuospatial ability, mathematical problem solving and visual memory. A recent review article by Ngun et al, mentioned that gonadal hormones might be influenced by genetic factors, whereby the encoded genes in sex chromosomes act directly on the brain to influence neural development, and neural spatial explain the different sexual behaviour between different genders, However, these findings cannot be conclusive in determining the effect of hormonal differences, due to limited information about the types or level of hormones that are being studied among male and female subjects. Nevertheless, these scientific reviews by Torres et al, and Ngun et al, provide an insight into the view that hormonal effects may be manifested differently between males and females.