Neuroscience
January 24, 2005
New York Times
Science: Gray Matter and the Sexes: Still a Scientific Gray Area
By NATALIE ANGIER and KENNETH CHANG
When Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard, suggested this month that one factor in women's lagging progress in science and mathematics might be innate differences between the sexes, he slapped a bit of brimstone into a debate that has simmered for decades. And though his comments elicited so many fierce reactions that he quickly apologized, many were left to wonder: Did he have a point? Full Story
- Ouch! Men Have A Higher Pain Threshold Than Women
It's a question that continues to cause friction between the sexes: who has the higher pain threshold? Now one of the most detailed investigations of its kind has reported that it's men who have the higher threshold, but only at 5 of 12 of the...
- Jumping Into "the Fray" On Cerebral Asymmetry And Sexual Orientation
Fig. S1 (Savic & Lindström, 2008). Part of the left cerebral hemisphere VOI in a male heterosexual subject. Subject’s right side is to the right in the image. At The Fray, a reader discussion forum at Slate Magazine, a knowledgeable commenter...
- Dopamine
A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task By NATALIE ANGIER The New York Times Published: October 27, 2009 "A view has emerged to counter the image that a neurotransmitter is the little Bacchus of our brain." Read the article...
- The Cns And Stress
From The New York Times: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop By NATALIE ANGIER Published: August 18, 2009 "Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back." Read the full article...
- (laughing) Rats In The News
Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Science News Online quotes him as saying "but you have to know the rat." And in this week's Science Times, Natalie...
Neuroscience
Are gender differences in the brain significant?
January 24, 2005
New York Times
Science: Gray Matter and the Sexes: Still a Scientific Gray Area
By NATALIE ANGIER and KENNETH CHANG
When Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard, suggested this month that one factor in women's lagging progress in science and mathematics might be innate differences between the sexes, he slapped a bit of brimstone into a debate that has simmered for decades. And though his comments elicited so many fierce reactions that he quickly apologized, many were left to wonder: Did he have a point? Full Story
- Ouch! Men Have A Higher Pain Threshold Than Women
It's a question that continues to cause friction between the sexes: who has the higher pain threshold? Now one of the most detailed investigations of its kind has reported that it's men who have the higher threshold, but only at 5 of 12 of the...
- Jumping Into "the Fray" On Cerebral Asymmetry And Sexual Orientation
Fig. S1 (Savic & Lindström, 2008). Part of the left cerebral hemisphere VOI in a male heterosexual subject. Subject’s right side is to the right in the image. At The Fray, a reader discussion forum at Slate Magazine, a knowledgeable commenter...
- Dopamine
A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task By NATALIE ANGIER The New York Times Published: October 27, 2009 "A view has emerged to counter the image that a neurotransmitter is the little Bacchus of our brain." Read the article...
- The Cns And Stress
From The New York Times: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop By NATALIE ANGIER Published: August 18, 2009 "Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back." Read the full article...
- (laughing) Rats In The News
Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Science News Online quotes him as saying "but you have to know the rat." And in this week's Science Times, Natalie...