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Cities have pushed ahead of states to pass laws barring discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.

Geneticists have used a new mouse model to demonstrate the way a certain genetic mutation is linked to a type of autism in humans where the protein FOXP1 is not synthesized and the brain structures degenerate. The new mouse model now allows the molecul…

Speaking more than one language is good for the brain, according to new research that indicates bilingual speakers process information more efficiently and more easily than those who know a single language. The benefits occur because the bilingual brai…

Conversations mothers have with their daughters tend to contain more emotional words and content, than the conversations they have with their sons, new research has found. “This inevitably leads to girls growing up more attuned to their emotions than b…

Research involving the University of Southampton has shown that male public sector workers receive a short, positive boost to their job satisfaction when a political party which they support takes…

Dating couples who have moved toward marriage over the course of their relationship remember accurately what was going on at each stage of their deepening commitment.

A new study published in The British Journal of Developmental Psychology has found that conversations mothers have with their daughters tend to contain more emotional words and content, than the…

Bobbing your head, tapping your heel, or clapping along with the music is a natural response for most people, but what about those who can’t keep a beat?

Being shown pictures of others being loved and cared for reduces the brain’s response to threat, new research from the University of Exeter has found.

Neural circuitry that researchers previously showed was vital to triggering ovulation and maintaining fertility also plays a key role in molding the male brain, scientists have shown. In new research, they show that male-specific signalling in the Gona…