A new study shows that men’s brains shrink faster as they age, specifically in areas related to memory and sensory processing. Researchers were trying to figure out why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s, but this study ran contrary to their hypothesis. If men’s brains show faster atrophy, you’d expect men to have higher Alzheimer’s rates — yet the opposite is true. Researchers concluded that brain aging alone doesn’t account for the gender gap in Alzheimer’s disease. The reason women are more likely to develop the disease remains unknown. The study found that men’s grey matter thins more rapidly over time while women’s brains showed “more volume stability across regions.” Could this be the first time women have been accused of being more stable as they mature? The post Brain Shrinkage and Other Male Problems appeared first on Redacted.