Study examines the stress of locker rooms
From the University of Alberta press release via EurekAlert!: Sweating in the gym, surrounded by others, pounding to the beat in group exercise class has become the norm for many women. But when it comes…
Study suggests support for female leadership dependent on society’s cultural practices and how strictly it sticks to them
From the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management press release: Countries that more strictly uphold their cultural norms are less likely to promote women as leaders – unless those norms support equal opportunity for…
Study suggests onscreen relational aggression may prime brain for aggression
From the Iowa State University press release: Research over the past few decades has shown that viewing physical violence in the media can increase aggression in adults and children. But a new study, co-authored by…
Study links gene to men’s more aggressive response to stress
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful situations is our reaction controlled by our genes, and does it differ between…
Study looks at effects of stress on decisionmaking
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Trying to make a big decision while you’re also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people…
Study suggests girls’ verbal skills give them an advantage in math
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: While boys generally do better than girls in science and math, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new study published in Psychological…
Study links childhood gender nonconformity to higher risk of abuse and later PTSD
From the Harvard School of Public Health press release: Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their biological sex face increased risk…
Study suggests choice of leaders in war or peace may be influenced by gendered traits
From the VU University Amsterdam press release via MedicalXPress: “I’m a war president.” George W. Bush said it more than once. But is there an actual distinction between war and peace leaders? Scientists from VU…
Study links anxiety trait to postoperative pain in men after total knee replacement
From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons press release via EurekAlert!: Increased pain following surgery has long been linked to anxiety and “catastrophizing,” an extreme response to stress. In a new study presented today at…
Study suggests gender differences in sex and parenting may be influenced by hormone-gene interactions in brain
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Men and women may be equals, but they often behave differently when it comes to sex and parenting. Now a study of the differences between the brains…