From the Indiana University School of Medicine press release: Feeling anxious about health, family or money is normal for most people — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for those with anxiety disorders, these everyday…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: In cultures that place a high value on conventional gender norms, particularly those that prize men as the breadwinners in a family, their unemployment plays an outsized role…
From the University of Miami press release: “On a scale of one to 10, how much pain are you in?” In a recent study published by the Journal of Pain, co-authored by Elizabeth Losin, assistant professor…
From the Florida State University press release: As head of the educational outreach arm of the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Roxanne Hughes has overseen dozens of science camps over the years,…
From the University of Limerick press release: Men are not better than women at spatial cognition — such as map reading — is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers at Lero, the Science…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: In 1992, Teen Talk Barbie was released with the controversial voice fragment, “Math class is hard.” While the toy’s release met with public backlash, this underlying assumption persists,…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder press release: Women are quicker to take cover or prepare to evacuate during an emergency, but often have trouble convincing the men in their life to do so,…
From the Rutgers University press release: Girls are more often bullied than boys and are more likely to consider, plan, or attempt suicide, according to research led by a Rutgers University-Camden nursing scholar. “Bullying is…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: Compared to alcoholic women, alcoholic men have more diminished brain activity in areas responsible for emotional processing (limbic regions including the amygdala and hippocampus), as well…
From the Università di Trento press release: When a “she” becomes an “it”. The most basic definition of sexual objectification, a risk that mostly targets women when they are reduced to their bodies or body…