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ssjevot posted...

Fam_Fam posted...

And if it's not the body, and not the brain, what is the source of the gender dysmorphia that people are facing? Is there an alternative that you are suggesting?

Try reading my post where I describe how neither EEG or fMRI can possibly tell you enough to diagnose such a complex behavior. I literally study color processing in the brain and we can't even figure that out in detail. What makes you think we can look at some scans (nevermind the immense cost) and diagnose something as complex as GD?

because scientists have been able to identify when brain activity looks more like the typical brain of someone of the other sex?

"Brain activity and structure in transgender adolescents more closely resembles the typical activation patterns of their desired gender, according to findings to be presented in Barcelona, at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting, ECE 2018."

"In this study, Dr. Julie Bakker from the University of Lige, Belgium, and her colleagues from the Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria at the VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands, examined sex differences in the brain activation patterns of young transgender people. The study included both adolescent boys and girls with gender dysphoria and used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to assess brain activation patterns in response to a pheromone known to produce gender-specific activity. The pattern of brain activation in both transgender adolescent boys and girls more closely resembled that of non-transgender boys and girls of their desired gender. "

This is why I think it's possible.