Abstract: We characterize a small minority of individuals who self-report frequent, involuntary alternation in their gender identity (Alternating Gender; AG) in an attempt to glean insight into gender identity from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. We conducted an online survey of 73 AG individuals (44 male natal sex), with follow-up phone interviews and psychological assessment of 20 participants. Our results suggest that AG may be a previously uncharacterized gender phenomenon not explained by existing psychological diagnoses or commonly recognized gender identities. Further research on AG may yield novel insight into the neural and psychological correlates of gender identity by allowing the study of gender variation within individuals over time.
Monday, February 25, 2019
Alternating Gender: Individuals Who Frequently Switch Between Feeling Male and Female
Case, Laura, Tracy Alderman, Radhika Gosavi, and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran. 2019. “Alternating Gender: Individuals Who Frequently Switch Between Feeling Male and Female.” PsyArXiv. February 25. doi:10.31234/osf.io/4y26g
Abstract: We characterize a small minority of individuals who self-report frequent, involuntary alternation in their gender identity (Alternating Gender; AG) in an attempt to glean insight into gender identity from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. We conducted an online survey of 73 AG individuals (44 male natal sex), with follow-up phone interviews and psychological assessment of 20 participants. Our results suggest that AG may be a previously uncharacterized gender phenomenon not explained by existing psychological diagnoses or commonly recognized gender identities. Further research on AG may yield novel insight into the neural and psychological correlates of gender identity by allowing the study of gender variation within individuals over time.
Abstract: We characterize a small minority of individuals who self-report frequent, involuntary alternation in their gender identity (Alternating Gender; AG) in an attempt to glean insight into gender identity from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. We conducted an online survey of 73 AG individuals (44 male natal sex), with follow-up phone interviews and psychological assessment of 20 participants. Our results suggest that AG may be a previously uncharacterized gender phenomenon not explained by existing psychological diagnoses or commonly recognized gender identities. Further research on AG may yield novel insight into the neural and psychological correlates of gender identity by allowing the study of gender variation within individuals over time.
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