Discounting childbirth and pain resulting from catastrophic injuries, medical researchers believe there is a real gender difference when it comes to pain. Unfortunately there is a lack of sufficient female pain studies and an understanding of which pain generating conditions … [Read more...]
What Humor Researchers Found Out About Female and Male Brains
Have you even been on a date or at a party and find yourself honestly laughing at a story or situation? It not only feels good, but it relieves a lot of pent up stress and tension. Actually humor is a highly prized commodity. Both women and men rank a good sense of humor as … [Read more...]
Travel Adventures with the Male and Female Brains
MapQuest, for a time was the big argument in our household. Whenever we had to travel to a location we were not familiar with, my husband would get out his old Rand McNally map book. And, I mean old. The wire spiral has opened up, some of the pages are floating around freely … [Read more...]
What Happens When the Female Brain Plays the Slot Machine
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...]