Does your doctor know that you have a female brain?Now, that’s a silly question.  Of course he/she does. Not according to Bruce S. McEwen of Rockefeller University who has spent over 40 years researching how the brain and the nervous system are affected by hormones. According … [Read more...]

Imagine a researcher putting forth this research proposal.  What happens to men if we give them the same hormone that activates the empathy feelings in women?  Imagine if it really worked! Women would be happy that men can empathize with them and men would be happy that women … [Read more...]

Isn’t being worried about my “muffin top” or my too ample “tush” enough and now I have to worry about a fat brain as well!!! Actually having a fat brain is a “good thing. Especially if you consider that a human brain is about 77-78% water, 10-12% lipids (fat) and 8% protein … [Read more...]

Society has a mind set of what it considers appropriate gender roles for girls and boys and starts right off at birth with the assigned distinctions of pink and blue.  It also expects that little girls and little boys brains will wire themselves accordingly. As infants … [Read more...]