Gender Difference News
April 29, 2025
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Apr. 18, 2025 Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a research team is using machine learning to uncover what keeps individuals committed to their ...
Apr. 9, 2025 Shifting cultural perceptions of beauty could drive 'lip dysmorphia', so psychologists tested the response of 32 people to altered images of lips to see how they responded. The results were ...
Apr. 8, 2025 When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other's periods of immobility. In a new study, researchers found that coordination during ...
Mar. 17, 2025 A new study may help to explain why there is an over-representation of women experiencing chronic pain compared to men and why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men. ...
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Mar. 18, 2025 Research has tracked depressive symptoms in 7100 young people from Tokyo and London and shown girls have more depressive symptoms than boys in both ...
Mar. 10, 2025 Research has shown that adults instinctively think of men when asked to think of a person -- they describe the most 'typical' person they can imagine ...
Mar. 11, 2025 A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, researchers ...
Feb. 26, 2025 A research study has analyzed the relation between the genetic risk of having schizophrenia and mild subclinical traits in people of the general population. According to the study, the way the ...
Feb. 13, 2025 Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new ...
Feb. 13, 2025 A new study led by researchers at UF Health has uncovered why males and females may experience stress ...
Feb. 3, 2025 Researchers found that women between the ages of 25 and 65 -- the life stages of early and middle adulthood -- spoke on average 3,000 more words per day than their male ...
Feb. 5, 2025 A new study shows why gender equality trends should be central when planning how societies adapt to and mitigate climate ...
Jan. 22, 2025 People whose parents divorced during their childhood may be at a greater risk of stroke later in life, according to a new ...
Jan. 24, 2025 A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 7, 2025 A researcher investigated the impact of the group work environment on motivation in English as a second language classes. The study revealed that the group work environment plays an important role in ...
Feb. 25, 2025 A study shows that long-term unemployed individuals perceive their capabilities as weaker than the general Finnish population. Capabilities refer to the opportunities to achieve important things in ...
Jan. 29, 2025 When exercising in gyms, women face barriers across various domains, including physical appearance and body image, gym attire, the physical gym environment, and interactions with others, according to ...
Jan. 22, 2025 Data from 65 countries suggests that the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) -- a widely used research tool -- generally holds up well when applied across diverse groups of people, underscoring its ...
Jan. 21, 2025 Researchers find that microglia function differently in males versus females, potentially having broad implications for how neurological diseases are ...
Jan. 16, 2025 Studies have shown a persistent gender gap when it comes to wages -- disparities that stretch over decades. Past analyses have pointed to various causes for this discrepancy, but often overlooked is ...
Jan. 16, 2025 A new study found that younger siblings generally receive more favorable treatment from parents. Meanwhile, older siblings are often granted more autonomy, and parents are less controlling towards ...
Jan. 2, 2025 Recognizing that news coverage may have influence in forming attitudes and in driving action, a team of psychology researchers examined whether reframing this gender gap in terms of 'men's ...
Jan. 2, 2025 When it comes to peace processes and negotiations, U.N. Women highlights a stark reality: All too often, women remain invisible and excluded. But a new study draws on evidence from Colombia to show ...
Dec. 20, 2024 Using an AI tool, researchers have analyzed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains' biological age. They found that factors detrimental to vascular health, such as ...
Dec. 12, 2024 The study, conducted in the US, found that mothers take on seven in ten (71%) of all household mental load ...
Dec. 10, 2024 A study by a team of psychology researchers shows that young children in the United States are less likely than adults to see discrimination as harmful, indicating these beliefs begin at an early ...
Dec. 8, 2024 Bucking conventionality, boys in Norway are making early gains in reading English as a second language and even outperforming girls at age 10 and 13 -- a new a study of more than one million students ...
Dec. 6, 2024 Higher emotional intelligence is linked to more emoji use with friends, while avoidant attachment is associated with less emoji use with friends and dating or romantic partners, according to a new ...
Dec. 4, 2024 Teens who think their parents use cannabis are more likely to hold favorable attitudes toward the drug and to consider trying it themselves, according to a new study. The research also reveals that ...
Nov. 27, 2024 New research, based on data from more than 28,000 caregivers in three countries, shows that the longer individuals spend caring for loved ones, the more their well-being suffers, regardless of the ...
Nov. 26, 2024 You may have heard sleep described as something of a magic pill for the body. With the right amount, timing, and quality, it can work wonders -- strengthen the immune system, improve blood sugar, ...
Nov. 18, 2024 Alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. nearly doubled from 1999 to 2020. The sharpest spike occurred among 25- to 34-year-olds (nearly fourfold), while individuals aged 55 to 64 had the highest rates. ...
Depression Rates in LGBTQIA+ Students Are Three Times Higher Than Their Peers, New Research Suggests
Nov. 13, 2024 New findings uncover an alarming rise in depression rates among all higher education students in the United States, but especially among sexual and gender ...
Nov. 11, 2024 Researchers have been unable to explain why after giving birth, Black patients are two to three times as likely to retain or gain additional weight compared to their white counterparts, even when ...
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- Study Finds Gender Gap With Children When It Comes to Negotiating
- Do Parents Really Have a Favorite Child? Here's What New Research Says
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- Too Many Men or Too Few Women? New Study Finds How the Gender Gap Is Framed Affects Perceptions of It
- Addressing Gender Issues Strengthens Peace Agreements
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- Depression Rates in LGBTQIA+ Students Are Three Times Higher Than Their Peers, New Research Suggests
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- Professional Ice Hockey: Depressive Symptoms and Burnout Linked to More Concussions
- 'The Way to a Man's Heart Disease': Can Social Expectations of Masculinity Be Bad for Cardiovascular Health?
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- Study Shows First Evidence of Male-Female Differences in How Pain Can Be Produced
- Peers Crucial in Shaping Boys' Confidence in Math Skills
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- Perceived Gender Discrimination Linked to Decline in Wellbeing for Older Women
- Fear May Lead Women and Men to Make Different Decisions When Choosing Short-VS-Long-Term Rewards
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- Shining a Light on the Effects of Habituation and Neural Adaptation on the Evolution of Animal Signals
- Parents, Wealth, Race Drive Girls' Chances to Play Sports
- Poor Spatial Navigation Could Predict Alzheimer's Disease Years Before the Onset of Symptoms
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- 'Woman the Hunter': Studies Aim to Correct History
- Poor Work Performance Among Japanese Employees Strongly Associated With Insufficient Sleep
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- Harsh Workplace Climate Is Pushing Women out of Academia, Review Finds
- Challenging Prehistoric Gender Roles: Research Finds That Women Were Hunters, Too