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Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

Neuroscience NewsMay 22, 2019

Women have better cognitive performance when in higher temperature environments. Researchers found women performed better on verbal and math tests when the room temperature is warmer, while male performance peaks in colder room climates.... Read More...

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Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2019

Young women have higher gut bacteria diversity than males, study reports. ... Read More...

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Hate Speech From Women is Judged Harsher than From Men

Neuroscience NewsJuly 31, 2018

A new study reports women who make hateful remarks on social media are more likely to be judged more severely than men who make the same comments. ... Read More...

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Social Media Use at Age 10 May Reduce Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing

Neuroscience NewsMarch 20, 2018

A new study links increased time spent on social media by 10 year old girls to a decline in wellbeing at the age of 15.... Read More...

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Stress May Be Just As Unhealthy As Junk Food To Digestive System

Neuroscience NewsOctober 16, 2017

Stress causes gut microbiota composition to shift as though a female mouse is on a high fat diet, researchers report.... Read More...

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Stress Has Dramatically Different Effects on Male and Female Brains: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsOctober 10, 2017

Researchers from Rockefeller University have identified what they claim to be 'remarkable' differences between the way the male and female brains respond to stress. ... Read More...

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Female Brain Reacts More Strongly to Prosocial Behavior Than Male Brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2017

University of Zurich researchers report prosocial behaviors trigger stronger reward system activation in women, where as the same neural response is elicited by selfish behavior in men.... Read More...

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High Blood Pressure in 40s Linked to Increased Dementia Risk For Women

Neuroscience NewsOctober 4, 2017

Women who had high blood pressure in their 40s are 73% more likely to develop dementia as they age than those with normal blood pressure, a new study in Neurology reports.... Read More...

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Study Reveals Gender Specific Autism Risk in Siblings

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 25, 2017

A new study confirms previous findings that males have a higher risk of ASD than females. However, researchers discovered, regardless of gender, siblings born after a female child with autism had an increased risk of ASD than those born after a male on the spectrum.... Read More...

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One in Four Girls is Depressed at Age 14

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 21, 2017

UCL researchers report 24 percent of girls aged 14 report feeling symptoms of depression. Only 9 percent of young teenage males reported feeling depressed.... Read More...

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Sex and Aggression Controlled Separately in Female Animal Brains, But Overlap in Male Brains

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 18, 2017

According to a new study, while brain regions that control sexual and aggressive behaviors in male and female mice are the same, the way they are wired is different.... Read More...

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Women Have More Active Brains Than Men

Neuroscience NewsAugust 7, 2017

A large scale SPECT imaging study reveals women's brains are significantly more active in more regions than males, including the prefronal cortex and limbic areas. Visual and areas associated with coordination were more active in males, researchers noted.... Read More...

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Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neurology

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

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Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

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Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Infants later diagnosed with autism seldom initiate joint attention

Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

gender differences

Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

Stress May Be Just As Unhealthy As Junk Food To Digestive System

Stress Has Dramatically Different Effects on Male and Female Brains: Mouse Study

High Blood Pressure in 40s Linked to Increased Dementia Risk For Women

Study Reveals Gender Specific Autism Risk in Siblings

One in Four Girls is Depressed at Age 14

Women Have More Active Brains Than Men