Tuesday, March 21, 2006

gender Internet's Gender Gap Narrows. Building websites targeted to women pays off for some pioneers, but studies say distinctions in how males and females approach the net are more subtle than we thought. Commentary by Joanna Glasner. [Wired News: Top Stories] 3:58:29 PM    comment

violent Aggression-related gene weakens brain's impulse control circuits. A version of a gene previously linked to impulsive violence appears to weaken brain circuits that regulate impulses, emotional memory and thinking in humans, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have found. Brain scans revealed that people with this version – especially males – tended to have relatively smaller emotion-related brain structures, a hyperactive alarm center and under-active impulse control circuitry. read more [Science Blog -] 3:51:12 PM    comment

autism Evolutionary genomics my play role in autism. Scientists have described the first hypothesis grounded in evolutionary genomics explaining the development of autism. In a new articlethey explore the 'imprinted brain hypothesis' to explain the cause and effect of autism and autistic syndromes such as Asperger's syndrome, highlighted by the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which involves selective disruption of social behaviour that makes individuals more self-focussed whilst enhancing skills related to mechanistic cognition. read more [Science Blog -] 3:42:58 PM    comment