Sexuality: Your Telltale Fingertips: How your hands are a marker for behavior. Relative finger length—or digit ratio—is a marker for brain differences molded by hormones. [Psychology Today]
The Healing Power of Nature: A bit of green may calm a child’s frayed nerves. Rural children who have access to nature seem better equipped to handle stress than kids in a room without a view. What’s more, children who are the most vulnerable to stress benefit the most from adding greenery to their lives. [Psychology Today]
Boys and their toys? It’s biological, not social: Boys prefer playing with cars to dolls because of basic biological differences rather than social pressures, scientists say. Researchers observed young male monkeys spent more time playing with vehicles than with cuddly toys. They believe this suggests that in most cases boys have an innate predisposition for masculine toys, which is then reinforced by what they learn from their parents, friends and wider society. [Telegraph]
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