Sex differences in the development of brain mechanisms for processing biological motion

L. C. Anderson, Danielle Z. Bolling, Stefanie Schelinski, M. C. Coffman, Kevin A. Pelphrey, Martha D. Kaiser

Abstract: Highlights•We examine the development of sex differences in social perception using fMRI.•We utilize a passive viewing task of point-light displays of biological motion.•Female adults show greater activation in social and visual processing regions.•Female adults show greater functional task-related connectivity with right amygdala.•Fewer sex differences are evident in children and adolescents.