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Men's and women's brains react differently when helping others, study says

By Susan Scutti, CNN

Updated 12:12 PM ET, Mon October 9, 2017
 
    Women tend to be more altruistic than men, research has showed
    When the dopamine system is disrupted, women behave more selfishly, study finds

(CNN)There is pleasure in both giving and receiving. Does gender influence which of these pleasures we prefer?
In women, part of the brain showed a greater response when sharing money, while in men, the same structure showed more activity when they kept the cash for themselves, a small study published Monday in Nature Human Behavior found.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/health/gender-differences-giving-receiving-study/index.html