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Most Americans Oppose Allowing Transgender Women to Play Competitive Women’s Sports, New UMD-Post Poll Finds
The latest poll conducted by the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement (CDCE)—housed within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences—the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism's Shirley Povich Center, and The Washington Post revealed that most Americans oppose allowing transgender female athletes to play sports against other girls and women at the professional, college and high school levels.
Doulas are Associated with Better Maternal Health Care, Especially for Mothers of Color
A valuable but underutilized resource in the field of maternal health is linked to better pregnancy outcomes and more respectful health care from providers: a doula.
Uncovering the Mysteries of Networking in the Brain
What’s going on with the neurons inside our brains when we gather information through our senses, interpret what it means, and act on our decisions? New work by University of Maryland researchers and their colleagues published in the journal Cell Reports is providing some answers. When mammals navigate their environment, their brains must process both sensory information and context so that they can behave appropriately. But scientists do not yet know how individual neurons and the cortical networks they form implement this information processing.
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