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Women in the United States spend an average of seven years over their lifetime caring for older family members and friends, compared to four years for men. A recent study in the Journals of Gerontology Series B shows this three-year gap has grown by a year since 2011. While men and women spend roughly equal time caring for spouses, women take on significantly more care for parents, extended family, and friends across every measured task.

Demographic projections suggest this disparity may widen further as the population ages and more adults reach later life without close kin. The study models lifetime expectations based on current rates, which means shifts in paid care availability or changing social norms could alter the trajectory. Even so, the baseline numbers quantify a structural burden that falls unevenly across households long before formal long-term care systems are engaged.

more: https://www.futurity.org/caregiving-gap-3351702/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caregiving-gap-3351702

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Sebuah tinjauan terhadap data dari 76 negara selama hampir tiga dekade menunjukkan bahwa perempuan secara rata-rata memiliki skor kecerdasan emosional yang lebih tinggi, khususnya dalam mengenali dan mengelola perasaan orang lain. Pola data memperlihatkan kesenjangan ini menyusut dari masa anak-anak ke dewasa serta menipis dalam tiga dekade terakhir, mengindikasikan faktor sosialisasi dan latihan dini memainkan peran lebih besar ketimbang biologi bawaan. Artinya, keterampilan membaca emosi ini terbentuk karena perempuan sejak kecil lebih sering diajak mendiskusikan perasaan.

Temuan ini penting karena menggeser pandangan bahwa kecerdasan emosional adalah sifat lahiriah yang melekat pada gender tertentu. Namun, risikonya terletak pada eksploitasi keterampilan tak terlihat di tempat kerja, di mana beban meredakan konflik dan mendukung tim kerap dibebankan pada perempuan tanpa pengakuan atau kompensasi yang layak. Perusahaan perlu belajar memperlakukan kecerdasan emosional sebagai kompetensi profesional yang nyata, bukan sekadar sifat dasar yang otomatis tersedia.

more: https://theconversation.com/riset-ungkap-perempuan-lebih-cerdas-secara-emosional-tapi-ada-beban-di-balik-keunggulan-ini-295344

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When the asteroid hit 66 million years ago, it did not render the entire planet uninhabitable. A new study of over 7,000 fossils shows that crocodiles and their relatives tracked warm climates rather than adapting to new temperatures. This strict thermal preference kept them in equatorial refuges where conditions remained relatively stable, unlike the collapsing habitats of non-avian dinosaurs.

It is a reminder that survival in a mass extinction often comes down to geography and existing habits rather than clever adaptation. Yet the lineage's remarkable anatomical history—producing everything from bus-sized predators to tiny pug-faced herbivores—shows that physical diversity can thrive while core ecological requirements remain rigid. We should be cautious about reading too much purpose into these ancient patterns, as the same climate conservatism that saved them once could make them uniquely vulnerable to rapid warming today.

more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261030002922.htm

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Researchers at UT Austin recorded neural activity in monkeys playing a computer game that triggered automatic responses. They found that self-control does not work by turning down activity in the brain's habit center, the striatum. Instead, the orbitofrontal cortex jams the striatum's signals, disrupting the autopilot mechanism while total neural activity remains the same.

This mechanism offers a clearer physical picture of why impulse control fails in addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Still, the work is based on non-human primates performing a narrow computer task, and translating these specific circuit dynamics to human clinical treatment remains a long way off.

more: https://www.futurity.org/brain-impulse-self-control-3351642/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brain-impulse-self-control-3351642

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