The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease is increased, and progression more rapid in women due to larger brain-wide accumulation and acceleration in the spread of tau.
204 proteins discovered were more highly regulated in females than males, with 31% of the proteins being associated with the development of Autism, researchers report. Findings shed new light on why males are at higher risk of ASD than females.
Men with alcohol use disorder have diminished brain activity in areas associated with emotional processing, memory and social processing, compared to women with AUD. The findings may lead to gender-specific treatments to help relieve addition to alcohol.
Study reports regular, vigorous exercise helps to protect males against depressive symptoms, while in women, no levels of physical activity had a significant impact on depression.
Contrary to popular belief, playing video games does not have an overall negative impact on the social development of boys. However, girls who spend more time playing video games at age 10 have weaker social skills than girls who spend less time gaming.
Gender identity, rather than sex, may cause the epigenome of the brain to differ in males and females.
Researchers investigate the role gender stereotypes play when it comes to assessing pain in children. A new study reports adults tend to believe boys to be in more pain than girls.
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.
Researchers report there may be a molecular placental pathway that allows females to be more resilient to maternal stress.
A new study reports males are more likely to attribute anxiety amongst women in STEM classes to being ill prepared for study, while women attribute anxiety to external factors, including gender bias and negative stereotyping.
A new AI system is able to automatically assign a gender to a person based on an image of a smile. Researchers report female smiles are more expansive than male smiles.
A new study reports on a significant increase of neuroscience research papers where the authors report on the sex of the animals used in their studies.
