The Sweater Vest Returns, and It’s Sexy

Could anything better embody this liminal moment than a sweater vest? As the world dances between sickness and health, lockdown and freedom, winter and summer, this fence-straddling garment is sublimely attuned to these strange, in-between times. Last fall, when fashion designers presented their prognostications for an unforeseeable spring season, they threw their weight behind the…

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Estrogen status – not sex – protects against heightened fear recall

Philadelphia, April 15, 2021 – A new study shows that markers of fear recall differ between men and women, but in a hormone-dependent manner. Aberrant fear-memory processing in the brain is thought to underlie anxiety disorders, which affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying these disorders remain poorly understood, but recent…

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