Browsing by Subject "sex differences"
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating condition of the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in paralysis and death. The etiology of MS is unknown. However, genetics, exposure to a pathogen, ...
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Since the 1980s, wage convergence between men and women has been slow and inconsistent across high-income nations. Moreover, long-established explanations such that of human capital factors more so explain the gender wage ...
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(2022-12-10)Parkinson’s disease is a multifaceted neurodegenerative disease characterized by dopamine neuron loss; but more importantly there are no know treatments for PD that can truly alter disease progression. The two major risk ...
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(2009-05-15)Prevalence rates of many types of psychopathology are lower for men than they are for women, but the causes of these discrepancies are not known. This paper focuses on two such psychopathology groups – eating disorders and ...
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(Frontiers, 2014-01-13)Converging evidence from over 40 years of behavioral research indicates that higher testicular androgens in prenatal life and at puberty contribute to the masculinization of human behavior. However, the behavioral significance ...
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(2017-05-30)Mentoring relationships can have important effects on adolescents’ psychosocial and academic outcomes; however, the transactions within these relationships that may account for this impact are not well understood. The ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The majority of studies examining the role of prenatal androgens on abnormal behavior have focused on developmental disorders showing large male to female ratios (i.e., autism and Tourette's Syndrome). There is a scarcity ...
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(1993)This study examined the processes that underlie sex differences in attraction and social influence. Participants (N = 306) evaluated their own expertise and the expertise of men and women in general on several dimensions, ...
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(2023-08-16)Fatigue is a significant workplace concern which has shown to exacerbate worker health, injury risk, safety, and productivity, and accounts for $136 Billion in lost productivity and healthcare costs. Exercise-induced ...
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(2012-02-14)Research examining interest in stimuli associated with evolved reproductive motivations has demonstrated sex differences in preferences for potential mates and infants, as well as traits and states associated with increased ...