The underrepresentation of women at the top of math-intensive fields is controversial, with
competing claims of biological and sociocultural causation. The authors develop a …

Sex differences in neurological disease extend from incidence, severity, progression and
symptoms and may ultimately influence treatment. Cognitive disturbances are frequent in …

In recent years the field of cognitive aging has flourished and expanded into many different
disciplines. It is probably, therefore, inevitable that some of the research has become very …

Executive function (EF) is a complex construct that reflects multiple higher-order cognitive
processes such as planning, updating, inhibiting and set-shifting. Decline in these functions …

Over 5 million Americans and 50 million individuals worldwide are living with Alzheimer's
disease (AD). The progressive dementia associated with AD currently has no cure. Although …

Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new
psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality …

Brain sexual differentiation in mammals requires activity of gonadal hormones;
organizational effects of these steroids on brain development occur early in life while …

Cognitive sex differences have been reported in several vertebrate species, mostly in spatial
abilities. Here, I review evidence of sex differences in a family of general cognitive functions …

Despite some evidence of greater age-related deterioration of the brain in males than in
females, gender differences in rates of cognitive aging have proved inconsistent. The …

Aged non-human primates are a valuable model for gaining insight into mechanisms
underlying neural decline with aging and during the course of neurodegenerative disorders …