Sentences with phrase «sex differences in the role»

To investigate sex differences in the role stress plays in alcohol abuse, the researchers first trained male and female rats to press a lever, which would then administer alcohol simultaneously paired with an audiovisual cue.

Not exact matches

As reported in the October 2009 issue of Psychological Science, the well - known gender difference vanished when men and women assumed more egalitarian roles — when women made the rounds and men sat, both sexes were equally choosy.

While it did nothing to calm the maelstrom swirling around Summers, the new understanding of the chromosome revealed tantalizing clues to the role genes might play in shaping cognitive differences between the sexes.

The findings, published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provide the strongest evidence to date in support of the notion that sex chromosomes acting on single cells play a role in differences between male and female brains.

The studies show a range of intriguing and sometimes contradictory sex differences, which may have to do with the arenas (health, money, food) in which the choices are being made and how those interact with typical gender roles.

Likewise, the expected sex - role differences in triple - sex species would depend heavily on who does what.

Collectively, these will advance the understanding of the role ChrX plays in the etiology of age - related diseases, which will also have an important positive impact on our understanding of sex differences in aging processes.

Within this context, there are two primary lines of research in the lab, sex differences in addiction and the role of kappa - opioid receptors in cocaine withdrawal.

Glucocorticosteroids play an important role in adipogenesis, lipolysis in fatty tissue, and hepatic insulin resistance, potential sex differences regarding basal or stress - induced HPA axis activity have been observed (243).

Striking sex and regional differences in the increase of obesity - related T2DM prevalence developed throughout the last 3 decades, reflecting complex relationships with differences in ethnicity, migration, culture, lifestyle, gene - environment interactions, socioeconomic status (SES) and social roles (12).

The mechanism by which ws1 regulates sex specific wing growth has yet to be determined, although differences in dsx expression level in developing male wings may indicate a role for this sex determination locus.

Friday, Oct. 20, 4:00 - 4:30 p.m., Room 230C, South Building Invited Presentation: Sex differences in cancer and the role of X / Y genes A.A. Lane, Harvard Medical School, et al

In relation to the differences between genders, this bias could be explained by the role of sex chromosomes, the different regulatory pathways underlying sexual development of most organs, and, finally, the lifelong fluctuating impact of sex hormones.

Weerth and Akko Kalma, Gender Differences in Awareness of Courtship Initiation Tactics, Sex Roles 32, no.

Brooklyn Museum: «Hide / Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture» (through Feb. 12) Like many events that are the first of their kind, this sampling of the roles of same - sex desire — and unconventional notions of masculinity and femininity — in over 100 years of American portraiture feels both overdue and a little behind the times.

«The Role of Harsh Discipline in Explaining Sex Differences in Conduct Disorder: A Study of Opposite - sex Twin Pairs.&raqSex Differences in Conduct Disorder: A Study of Opposite - sex Twin Pairs.&raqsex Twin Pairs.»

The origins of sex differences in human behavior: Evolved dispositions versus social roles.

Next, we highlight the need to further investigate females and the role of sex differences in this population.

Sex differences in social behavior: A social - role interpretation.

The act of caring has its own consequences — habits of mind and emotion... insignificant difference in threshholds for responding to infant cues gradually, insidiously, step by step, without invoking a single other cause, produces a marked division of labor by sex... Since the women's movement revolutionized the way that we talk about male caretakers and paternal roles, there has been a marked change.

[30] When comparing such children to the children of opposite - sex parents there tends to be no difference «on measures of popularity, social adjustment, gender role behavior, gender identity, intelligence, self - concept, emotional problems, interest in marriage and parenting, locus of control, moral development, independence, ego functions, object relations, or self esteem.»

The sex difference in play parenting is related, in part, to the fact that girls are assigned child - care roles, especially for infants, much more frequently than are boys throughout the world (Whiting & Edwards, 1988).

The objectives of the present study were (a) to investigate whether clique isolation from age 11 to 13 years is a social risk factor for subsequent depressive symptoms in early adolescence; (b) to test the potential role of loneliness and perceived social acceptance as cognitive and emotional constructs underlying the link between clique isolation and depressive symptoms; and (c) to explore possible sex differences in the association between clique isolation and depressive symptoms.

In line with earlier findings about the association between problematic peer relations and depression in childhood and adolescence (Ladd and Troop - Gordon 2003; La Greca and Moore Harrison 2005; Pedersen et al. 2007), we did not find sex differences in the association between clique isolation and subsequent depressive symptoms and also not in the mediating role of loneliness and social self perceptioIn line with earlier findings about the association between problematic peer relations and depression in childhood and adolescence (Ladd and Troop - Gordon 2003; La Greca and Moore Harrison 2005; Pedersen et al. 2007), we did not find sex differences in the association between clique isolation and subsequent depressive symptoms and also not in the mediating role of loneliness and social self perceptioin childhood and adolescence (Ladd and Troop - Gordon 2003; La Greca and Moore Harrison 2005; Pedersen et al. 2007), we did not find sex differences in the association between clique isolation and subsequent depressive symptoms and also not in the mediating role of loneliness and social self perceptioin the association between clique isolation and subsequent depressive symptoms and also not in the mediating role of loneliness and social self perceptioin the mediating role of loneliness and social self perception.

While it is uncertain whether adolescent sex needs to be taken into account when studying the role of emotional dynamics in the development of internalizing and externalizing problems, it might be that sex - related differences in emotional dynamics in part underlie the established gender differences in levels of internalizing and externalizing problems.

[jounal] Ferguson, T.J. / 2000 / Unwanted identities: A key variable in shame - anger links and gender differences in shame / Sex Role 42: 133 ~ 157

Because the emergence of sex differences in depression occurs within the period of greatest pubertal change, investigators have focused on the role of reproductive hormones.