FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 17, 2017·4 min readMounting Challenges to Brain Sex DifferencesA new meta analysis reveals no significant differences in the size of the amygdala between males and females.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 11, 2016·5 min readTraumatic Stress Changes Brains of Boys and Girls DifferentlyA new study reports an area of the brain associated with emotion appears to undergo accelerated maturation in teenage girls with PTSD, but not in their male peers with the condition.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 8, 2016·6 min readDifferences in Male and Female Brain Activity When it Comes to CooperationA new study may provide clues as to how cooperative behavior could have evolved differently between men and women.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 23, 2016·3 min readAlzheimer’s More Severe in Women Than in MenA new study reveals women with Alzheimer's disease have poorer cognitive abilities than men at the same stage of the disease.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 17, 2016·4 min readIncreased Alzheimer’s Risk in Women Due to Proteins?Researchers reveal gender specific differences between male and female dementia patients.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 17, 2016·4 min readWomen Retain Verbal Memory Skills Longer Than Men in Early Stages of Alzheimer’sA new study reports women may retain better verbal memory during the early stages of Alzheimer's than men, despite evidence of similar levels of hippocampal shrinkage.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 9, 2016·4 min readAre Male and Female Brains Really Different?A new article questions whether the male and female brain are really that different.Read More
AutismFeaturedPsychology·January 10, 2016·2 min readWhy It’s Easier For Girls With Autism to Develop FriendshipsA new study reports girls with autism tend to be more socially motivated and have more intimate friendships than autistic boys.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 4, 2016·3 min readSelf Esteem Gender Gap More Pronounced in Western CountriesAccording to a new study, the self esteem gender gap is more pronounced in Western industrial countries.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 7, 2015·5 min readWhich Way Now? Men Have Better Sense of Direction Than WomenA drop of testosterone under the tongue allowed women to better orient themselves in navigational tests, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 7, 2015·5 min readYoung Male Chimps Play With Objects More But Aren’t So Adept at Tool UseA new study reports young male chimps spend time manipulating objects, but are not as adept at tool use as older females are.Read More
AutismFeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 7, 2015·5 min readBoth Autistic Men and Women Show an Extreme of Typical Male Pattern on ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ TestAccording to researchers, a new study provides strong support for the extreme male brain theory of autism.Read More