Sex Hormones, Gender Differences, and Behavior Abstract Behavior is intricately woven of genetics, environment, and hormones. The interplay of the nervous and endocrine systems and the influence of sex hormones on behavior are examined here in depth. Hormones are intimately tied to sex characteristics and to behavior. ... Hormonal influence on female cycles, reproduction, nursing, sexual behavior and sex differences are also examined. ... Steroids are the basis of the sex hormones, which are conventionally divided into three groups: the male sex hormones or androgens, the female sex hormon...

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