News tagged with behavioral differences
Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain
Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Study rates 'tight, 'loose' scenarios in 33 countries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kiss, cry, sing, talk, flirt, listen to music, read the newspaper, bargain, eat, laugh, swear, argue.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Why do pivotal cultural differences among countries exist?
In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 26, 2011 |
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Thrill-seeking females work hard for their next fix
It seems that women become addicted to cocaine more easily than men and find it harder to give up. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Sex Differences reinforces this position by sho ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Research examines gender gaps in immigrant health
A key focus of the health care debate has involved immigrants and their impact on the U.S. health care system.
Dec 13, 2010 |
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When video games get problematic so do smoking, drug use and aggression
A new study on gaming and health in adolescents, conducted by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, found some significant gender differences linked to gaming as well as important health risks associated with problematic ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Altruism: Genetic or Cultural Evolution?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The origins of altruism, the willingness to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of others often unknown to us, has perplexed evolutionary social scientists and biologists for years.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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New evidence of culture in wild chimpanzees
A new study of chimpanzees living in the wild adds to evidence that our closest primate relatives have cultural differences, too. The study, reported online on October 22nd in Current Biology shows that neighb ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Higher level of testosterone in women linked to choice of risky careers
The battle of the sexes rages on, this time from the trading floor. While there has long been debate about the social and biological differences between men and women, new research by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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