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Jerusalem, 25 January 2026 (TPS-IL) - Scientists have uncovered a rare, sharply defined neural circuit that behaves like an “on/off” switch, showing striking differences between males and females. The discovery, made by researchers in Israel and Canada, could transform our understanding of how sex, experience, and hormones interact in the brain, and eventually inform approaches to social behavior, mental health, and parenting, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced. The study, led by Dr. Tamar Licht and Dr. Dan Rokni from the Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, identified a previously unknown group of neurons...

Boys like blue, girls like pink and there isn't much anybody can do about it, researchers said on Monday in one of the first studies to show scientifically that there are gender-based color preferences. Researchers said these differences may have a basis in evolution in which females developed a preference for reddish colors associated with riper fruit and healthier faces. ... "We speculate that this sex difference arose from sex-specific functional specialization in the evolutionary division of labor," she wrote in Current Biology. "There are biological reasons for liking reddish things." ... "Women have a very clear pattern. It's low...