Neuroscience
Male vs. female brain? Not a valid distinction, study says
Are the brains of men and women truly different? Not if you look at the overall structure, a new study says.
Nov 30, 2015
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Neuroscience
Researchers demonstrate gender identity is reflected in the brain, including transgenderism
Women and men often show marked differences as regards mental illnesses. In order to learn more about this phenomenon, a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF explored how opposite-sex hormonal therapy applied ...
Aug 23, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women, men and the bedroom
(Medical Xpress) -- In the racy television hit show, Sex and the City, Carrie, one of the main characters tells her best girlfriends that "Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be." ...
Oct 14, 2011
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Medical research
'Promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells
Toxoplasma gondii parasites can invade your bloodstream, break into your brain and prompt behavioral changes from recklessness to neuroticism. These highly contagious protozoa infect more than half the world's population, ...
Sep 20, 2011
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Health
Smoking cigarettes is worse for women's hearts than men's: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Rates of smoking have been reducing in men but increasing in young women in some countries, and now a new review of earlier studies has shown that smoking cigarettes poses a larger risk factor for heart ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sex matters: Why guys recognize cars and women recognize birds best
(Medical Xpress)—Women are better than men at recognizing living things and men are better than women at recognizing vehicles.
Sep 17, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Extramarital sex partners likely to be close friends, men more apt to cheat: study
Americans who admit to having extramarital sex most likely cheat with a close friend, according to research from the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Apr 4, 2018
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Health
First sexual experience influences women's future sexual desire: study
For most people, having sex for the first time is a meaningful and memorable rite of passage.
Feb 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD and alcohol abuse go hand-in-hand, but males and females exhibit symptoms differently
Through intricate experiments designed to account for sex-specific differences, scientists at Scripps Research have collaborated to zero in on certain changes in the brain that may be responsible for driving alcohol abuse ...
Oct 23, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds night owls more likely to be psychopaths
(Medical Xpress)—People who stay up late at night are more likely to display anti-social personality traits such as narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathic tendencies, according to a study published by a University ...
Aug 1, 2013
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