Gender Differences in Responses to Moral Dilemmas These researchers asked 6,100 subjects 20 questions that posed various moral dilemmas, including decisions about murder, torture, lying, abortion, and animal research. The results suggest that men and women similarly think rationally about the outcomes of harmful action, but that women have a stronger emotional aversion to causing […]
Emotions., Gender differences, Moral Dilemmas, Moral Judgment, Psychology, sociologyGender Differences in Responses to Moral Dilemmas A Process Dissociation Analysis Authors:Rebecca Friesdorf1, Paul Conway2, Bertram Gawronski3 Abstract The principle of deontology states that the morality of an action depends on its consistency with moral norms; the principle of utilitarianism implies that the morality of an action depends on its consequences. Previous research suggests that […]
Emotions., Gender differences, Moral Dilemmas, Moral Judgment, Psychology, sociology
Sex differences in the neurobiology of drug addiction. Researchers at the University of Texas postulate that the reason for sex differences in addiction is due to differences in the nervous system that are modulated by ovarian hormones in women, making them more vulnerable to develop and sustain addiction behavior. Other noted differences are in the […]
addiction, Behavioral Medicine, Cocaine; Dopamine; Female; Morphine; Stress, Neurology, PsychologySex differences in the neurobiology of drug addiction. Authors: Bobzean SA, DeNobrega AK, Perrotti LI. Abstract Epidemiological data demonstrate that while women report lower rates of drug use than men, the number of current drug users and abusers who are women continues to increase. In addition women progress through the phases of addiction differently than […]
addiction, Behavioral Medicine, Cocaine; Dopamine; Female; Morphine; Stress, Neurology, Psychology