Gender Gaps on the Brain
I found an article about our brain which might be usefull for our knowledge : Gender gaps on the brain :
Did you know that women's brains are smaller than men's? The average male brain weighs about 1.3 kgs, while the average female brain weighs ten percent less. Since research has consistently shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right?. Wrong. Men and women consistently score similarly on intelligence test, despite the difference in brain size. But the difference it's not just the size of the brain, it's what's inside that counts. The brain consists of 'grey matter' (the part of the brain that helps us think) and 'white matter' (the part that helps us transfer information). And while men have more of the latter, the amount of 'thinking' brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.
It has been suggested that, in case of human brains, smaller may also mean 'more efficient' perhaps because the two sides of the brain appear to be better connected in women. This means that little girl tend to learn to speak earlier and adult women can absorb all sorts of information from different sources at the same time, making them more adept at multi-tasking. Men seem to do better tackling one job at the same time.
There are other important differences that distinguish male and female brains. White matter is the key to spatial tasks - knowing where things are relation to other things - and men consistently do better on this kind of exercise. 'Spatial abilities are a big part of sports,'says one researcher. 'A great soccer player, for instance, always knows where he is relation to other player. It's not just a question about muscle and speed, it's knowing where to go - also explains one of life's grat mysteries : why men refuse to ask for directions...and woman often need to.
In adult life, these brain differences are clearly reflected in the career choices men and women make. 85 percent of the architect in the USA and 90 percent mechanic are men, both jobs which require spatial skills. Meanwhile 94 percent of speech therapist are women.
The brain is not static. It changes throughout our lives according what we do with it.
this article from 'cutting edge, cunningham and moor'
Did you know that women's brains are smaller than men's? The average male brain weighs about 1.3 kgs, while the average female brain weighs ten percent less. Since research has consistently shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right?. Wrong. Men and women consistently score similarly on intelligence test, despite the difference in brain size. But the difference it's not just the size of the brain, it's what's inside that counts. The brain consists of 'grey matter' (the part of the brain that helps us think) and 'white matter' (the part that helps us transfer information). And while men have more of the latter, the amount of 'thinking' brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.
It has been suggested that, in case of human brains, smaller may also mean 'more efficient' perhaps because the two sides of the brain appear to be better connected in women. This means that little girl tend to learn to speak earlier and adult women can absorb all sorts of information from different sources at the same time, making them more adept at multi-tasking. Men seem to do better tackling one job at the same time.
There are other important differences that distinguish male and female brains. White matter is the key to spatial tasks - knowing where things are relation to other things - and men consistently do better on this kind of exercise. 'Spatial abilities are a big part of sports,'says one researcher. 'A great soccer player, for instance, always knows where he is relation to other player. It's not just a question about muscle and speed, it's knowing where to go - also explains one of life's grat mysteries : why men refuse to ask for directions...and woman often need to.
In adult life, these brain differences are clearly reflected in the career choices men and women make. 85 percent of the architect in the USA and 90 percent mechanic are men, both jobs which require spatial skills. Meanwhile 94 percent of speech therapist are women.
The brain is not static. It changes throughout our lives according what we do with it.
this article from 'cutting edge, cunningham and moor'
No comments:
Post a Comment