Psychology & Psychiatry
Finally, a type of face that men recognize better than women
Finally, psychologists have discovered a type of face that men are better at identifying than women: the faces on Transformer toys.
Nov 17, 2016
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News tagged with gender
Neuroscience
The brain starts to register gender and age before recognizing a face, researchers find
Our brains are incredibly good at processing faces, and even have specific regions specialized for this function. But what face dimensions are we observing? Do we observe general properties first, then look at the details? ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
After facial feminization surgery, transgender people report better psychosocial health
A UCLA study offers the first evidence that transgender patients who receive gender-affirming facial feminization surgery reported better mental health after their procedures.
Jul 6, 2022
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Attention deficit disorders
Why is ADHD more common in boys than girls?
About one in 20 children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at some point during their school life. Interestingly, for every girl diagnosed, there are between three and seven boys who receive ...
Mar 13, 2018
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Health
Researchers conclude that bisexuality in males is a real thing
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. and the U.K. has found what they describe as evidence of male bisexuality. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Other
20 gene variants and transgender identity—what does it mean?
The week started strangely.
Mar 23, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study shows major gender differences in the human social brain
A team of researchers from Germany, the U.K., the U.S. and the Netherlands has found evidence showing that there are major gender differences in the human social brain. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, ...
Medical research
Study of circadian rhythm reveals differences in men and women
A pair of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has been analyzing papers by researchers studying the circadian rhythm in humans and has found a pattern: there are gender differences. Seán Anderson and Garret FitzGerald ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
It's all in the eyes: Women and men really do see things differently
Women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways, which suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according to a team of scientists that included psychologists from Queen ...
Nov 28, 2016
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Health
Forceful and dominant: men with sexist ideas of masculinity are more likely to abuse women
Men who adhere to rigid, sexist stereotypes of how to be a man are more likely to use and tolerate violence against women.
Nov 7, 2019
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