Description

The Paradox Institute invited a PhD neuroscience student, Sammy, to respond to the neuroscience section of the "Sex and Sensibility" video by Forrest Valkai.

Timestamps Below

0:00 - Intro

0:21 - Neuroscience Project

1:41 - Sammy's Background

4:51 - Forrest: Intro to Neuroscience

5:19 - Sammy: Structural sex differences

14:56 - Forrest: Sexually dimorphic structures in the brain "evidence" for "gender identity."

16:20 - Sammy: BSTc

24:04 - Sammy: SDN-POA

31:59 - Sammy: VIP-SCN

33:37 - Forrest: BSTc matches "gender identity"

34:11 - Sammy: Mixed samples, confounding variables

38:38 - Forrest: Opposite sex brain trapped in body from birth

40:57 - Sammy: Neuroplasticity shows these differences can occur after birth 0:

43:53 - Sammy: More plasticity evidence

44:54 - Forrest: Neurological sex differences in gay males

46:01- Sammy: Male-typical BSTc

47:40 - Sammy: SDN-POA / INAH-3 inconsistent literature

49:52 - Sammy: Gender dysphoria and trans identity are not the same thing

53:13 - Forrest: Genetic component to homosexuality

53:50 - Sammy: Twin studies are good, but twin studies on gender dysphoria confound sexuality

1:00:00 - Gender dysphoria is not that different than anorexia or body integrity disorders

1:10:12 - Sammy: Transsexuals on hormone therapy correlation to depression risk

1:13:11 - Sammy: Forrest responded