Study Says Brains of Gay Men and Women Are Similar [News]

Researchers using brain scans have found new evidence that biology--and not environment--is at the core of sexual orientation. Scientists at the Stockholm Brain Institute in Sweden report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that gay men and straight women share similar traits--most notably in the size of their brains and the activity of the amygdala--an area of the brain tied to emotion, anxiety and aggression. The same is true for heterosexual men and lesbians. [More]

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