Psychology & Psychiatry

'Men are stuck' in gender roles, data suggest

Brent Kroeger pores over nasty online comments about stay-at-home dads, wondering if his friends think those things about him. The father from Rowland Heights, east of Los Angeles, remembers high school classmates laughing ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Gender roles: Men and women are not so different after all

Gender is a large part of our identity that is often defined by our psychological differences as men and women. Not surprisingly, those differences are reflected in many gender stereotypes - men rarely share their feelings, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Men and women cooperate equally for the common good

Stereotypes suggest women are more cooperative than men, but an analysis of 50 years of research shows that men are equally cooperative, particularly in situations involving a dilemma that pits the interests of an individual ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Who takes risks?

A forthcoming paper in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, by Bernd Figner, Research Scientist at the Center for Decision Sciencesat Columbia Business School, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

How negative stereotyping affects older people

The most comprehensive analysis to date of research on the effect of negative stereotypes on older people's abilities has concluded that these stereotypes create a significant problem for that demographic.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Video games linked to sexism in teenagers: study

The more time a teenage spends on video gaming, the likelier he or she is to display sexist attitudes and gender stereotypes, a study of thousands of French gaming aficionados has found.

Neuroscience

Stereotypes prejudice our musical tastes

Music prompts strong emotional responses. But it turns out it's not just the sound, or even the lyrics, that control the emotions we experience.

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