neurocognitive development (Helpman et al., 2017). Prior research in COGA (Meyers et al., 2019b) found that females reporting sexual assault had a decreased rate of change in frontal theta oscillations during response inhibition. Structural and functional neuroimaging studies also demonstrate interactions among sex, type, and timing of trauma exposure (for review, see Helpman et al., 2017). In the present study, we observed sex differences dependent on trauma type: in males, CPAT was linked to lower baseline left frontocentral alpha EEGc and a faster rate of change, while in females, CSAT was linked to higher starting values and a slower rate of change. While the observed sex differences may relate to the variation in physical v. assaultive trauma prevalence, the differences in direction of these associations may also suggest true sex-specific effects.
