A new study has found that women take longer to process and understand jokes but enjoy the punchline better than men do.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, experts at Stanford University in California monitored 10 women and 10 men, while they were shown 70 black-and-white cartoons on a screen.
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While it has been noted that women cannot digest emotional infidelity and men fail to accept sexual infidelity, new research has suggested that this difference in jealousy goes beyond
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It was found that women displayed more intense activity than men in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which controls language interpretation and in-depth analytical processes.
However, they took slightly longer to react to jokes that were funny, but enjoyed the punchlines more.
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Women are more likely to act on impulse and give in to bargains whereas men blow the dough on getting the biggest and best product, according to a poll.
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Reiss added: "We found greater activity in the prefrontal cortex in women, indicating women are processing stimuli that involve language areas of the brain. The interpretation of that finding is that women tend to respond more to word play and narrative than slapstick.
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Gender Differences In Online Communication Revealed In Recent Book
Working women are more likely to write long emails that express support and are emotive, while men prefer to stick to the point with precise orders, says a new book.
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"Men have the opposite response. They show more activation of nucleus accumbens [the part of the brain involved in reward and pleasure], indicating they expect to get the joke - but when they don't they get more depressed."
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Gender Differences in Risk of Death Following Acute Coronary Syndromes
A study in the August 26 issue of JAMA says that women may have a slightly higher risk of death than men in the 30 days following an acute coronary syndrome.
A study in the August 26 issue of JAMA says that women may have a slightly higher risk of death than men in the 30 days following an acute coronary syndrome.
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