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Stanford Medicine Study Identifies Distinct Brain Organization Patterns in Women and Men
“A key motivation for this study is that sex plays a crucial role in human brain development, in aging, and in the manifestation of psychiatric and neurological disorders,” said Vinod Menon, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory. “Identifying consistent and replicable sex differences in the healthy adult brain is a critical step toward a deeper understanding of sex-specific vulnerabilities in psychiatric and neurological disorders.” more »
IRS: Take Care When Choosing a Tax Return Professional, Ensure That Your Personal and Financial Information is Safe and Secure
"Review the preparer’s history. Check the Better Business Bureau website for information about the preparer. Look for disciplinary actions and the license status for credentialed preparers. For CPAs, check the State Board of Accountancy’s website, and for attorneys check with the State Bar Association. For enrolled agents go to IRS.gov and search for “verify enrolled agent status” or check the IRS Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers. Ask about service fees." more »
Jo Freeman Reviews The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy
Jo Freeman Reviews: "As history, the book documents the CIA’s shift from pursuing Communists during the Cold War, who sold secrets to the Russians, to jihadists who wanted to destroy America. It wasn’t a quick shift, which is one reason CIA leaders didn’t see 9/11 coming. As early as 1993, signs said al-Qaeda was planning to fly planes into strategic buildings in the US – even the CIA itself. The men didn’t take seriously a prediction proposed by women. Over time, that changed. Indeed it was women who confirmed that Osama bin Ladin was holed up in a compound in Pakistan – by reading the laundry hanging outside to dry... The Sisterhood is a fascinating book, especially to those of us who started it knowing little about the CIA." more »
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Question: Design and the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy
"Results from the 2021 SHED show substantial gender differences in the responses to the financial literacy questions, consistent with prior studies. We first present results for the half of respondents who received an explicit "don't know" answer choice. A smaller share of women answered each financial literacy question correctly. While women and men were similarly likely to select an incorrect answer, women were much more likely to select "don't know." For example, 63 percent of women selected "don't know" for the diversification question – 20 percentage points higher than the share of men who did so." more »