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Hormone therapy may protect the mind

Hormone therapy may protect the mind

Estrogen plays an important role in brain health throughout a woman’s life. This hormone supports the brain’s ability to adapt and form new connections - and much more. But measuring brain estrogen levels directly in living people is quite difficult. So it's not easy to find

Hooked on the screen: How internet porn affects the brain

Hooked on the screen: How internet porn affects the brain

Are you also curious about how internet pornography affects brain function, emotion, and behavior? Is it true that excessive use mirrors drug addiction and impacts cognitive control and mood? With the spread of internet access and changes in how we socialize, internet pornography has become widely available and frequently consumed.

The menstrual cycle and brain function: Myth-bashing

The menstrual cycle and brain function: Myth-bashing

The menstrual cycle involves complex hormonal fluctuations that greatly influence the woman's physiological processes. Historically, menstruation has been stigmatized, leading to misconceptions about its impact on cognitive abilities. While it has been widely debated how (not whether) these changes affect women’s thinking and performance - neuroscience has

Sex differences in how we move our eyes ... wink, wink

Sex differences in how we move our eyes ... wink, wink

I knew that men and women look at different things and suspected they sometimes look differently at things. But it was a surprise to learn that men and women move their eyeballs differently as well, in a fundamental neurological way. Eye movement tracking may be a niche, but that'

Interoception: How brain-body awareness impacts female orgasm

Interoception: How brain-body awareness impacts female orgasm

The orgasm is among the most powerful natural experiences for humans, involving the release of feel-good chemicals in the brain such as dopamine and serotonin. While once debated as irrelevant to women's sexual functioning, new research reveals its importance. Beyond pleasure, orgasms enhance satisfaction, strengthen relationships, and contribute

The hormonal clock: Sex differences in sleep cycles

The hormonal clock: Sex differences in sleep cycles

Men and women experience sleep differently, and these variations stem from biological differences rather than lifestyle or environment alone. Sleep disorders such as insomnia, hypersomnia, and sleep phase disorders appear more frequently in one sex than the other, with women often reporting greater sleep disturbances. These differences are partly due

The science behind tattoo aesthetics: Beauty perception

The science behind tattoo aesthetics: Beauty perception

Tattoos, long a subject of cultural and artistic debate, have recently gained attention from scientists studying how people perceive beauty. This research investigates how tattoos affect our judgment of physical attractiveness. By manipulating images of male and female models to display varying degrees of tattoo coverage, researchers analyzed the responses