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Findings of a study that biologically link sexual orientation and brain function are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

According to this recent research, there is a similarity between the brains of homosexual males and heterosexual females, thereby suggesting that biology is central to sexual orientation.

With the use of brain scanners, researchers behind this study found similar aspects in the brain circuits concerning the function of language and the area of emotions. They say that homosexual men and heterosexual women both exhibit

‘higher rates of depressive disorders than heterosexual men.’

In a previous neurobiological study, evidence was found regarding the part of the brain linked to sexual behavior as ‘smaller in homosexual men compared to heterosexual men.’

Comparatively, this new and latest study led by Ivanka Savic of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm dealt with the ‘areas of the brain that have nothing to do with sexual behavior, suggesting there was a basic biological link between sexual orientation and a range of brain functions.’

One of the more significant findings of the Savic study is that brain differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals were formed ‘in the womb or infancy, probably as a result of genetic or hormonal factors.’

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