When a woman plays the slots is her female brain doing anything different? Women playing the slots may see themselves as having harmless and enjoyable, low risk fun. They neither consider themselves high stakes players nor compulsive or pathological players. Brain-wise … [Read more...]
Stories of the Male and Female Brain
The brain loves stories. It’s a child who wants to hear the same bedtime story one more time, it’s someone listening to Garrison Keillor’s Lake Webegon radio drama or it’s friends hearing the how the big one almost got away, again. There’s something intrinsic in the sound of a … [Read more...]
Is a Woman’s Brain Hardwired for Empathy?
Imagine a husband and wife going out to dinner with another married couple. After returning home they discuss the evening and comment about the behavior of their friends. The wife says that she thinks their friends are going to divorce shortly, and the husband stares in … [Read more...]
A Female Brain Attack = Call 911
Could you be one of the 425,000 women who experience a brain attack/stroke each year? Yesterday, we covered Your Chances for Having a Female Brain Attack. Today is a follow-up to recognizing the symptoms. There are two sets of brain attack/stroke symptoms to be aware of. … [Read more...]
Your Chances of Having a Female Brain Attack
Is this woman experiencing a headache, a migraine or a brain attack? If you answered headache or possibly a migraine you would find yourself among 70% of women who don’t know a severe headache could also be a symptom of a stroke or the more accurate term “brain … [Read more...]