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·October 6, 2016·4 min read

Women’s Better Verbal Skills May Mask Early Alzheimer’s Signs

Verbal tests for MCI might not pick up symptoms in women until they are further along into the progression of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

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·September 21, 2016·4 min read

Menstrual Cycle Affects Memory and Navigation Skills

Researchers report estrogen and progesterone can affect memory and problem solving.

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·August 18, 2016·5 min read

Calcium Supplements Linked to Dementia Risk in Women With Certain Health Conditions

According to researchers, calcium supplements could be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia in older women who have had a stroke or show signs of cerebrovascular disease.

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·July 13, 2016·4 min read

New Evidence That Male and Female Brains Are Wired Differently

Researchers discover structural and functional differences in the insula between men and women.

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·June 8, 2016·6 min read

Differences in Male and Female Brain Activity When it Comes to Cooperation

A new study may provide clues as to how cooperative behavior could have evolved differently between men and women.

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·June 2, 2016·5 min read

Sexing The Brain: Does Your Brain Have a Sex?

The human male and female brains have more in common than the media often reports, suggests Julia Gottwald.

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·May 16, 2016·4 min read

C. elegans Study Reveals How Differences in Male and Female Brains Emerge

Researchers have identified how sexually dimorphic connections arise in the nervous systems of nematode worms.

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·March 23, 2016·3 min read

Alzheimer’s More Severe in Women Than in Men

A new study reveals women with Alzheimer's disease have poorer cognitive abilities than men at the same stage of the disease.

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·March 17, 2016·4 min read

Increased Alzheimer’s Risk in Women Due to Proteins?

Researchers reveal gender specific differences between male and female dementia patients.

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·March 17, 2016·4 min read

Women Retain Verbal Memory Skills Longer Than Men in Early Stages of Alzheimer’s

A 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.