March 6, 2008

Brains of the sexes are different

It seems that boys and girls are different; well tell us something we don’t already know! It is true when it comes to brains the female and male brains are different, which has been the subject of many studies, although until recently there was not quite an exact reason why and what the differences are.

But it has been found now, that due to actual brain function, girls can master language skills better than boys can, and in an experiment that measured the brain activity of thirty one boys and girls of the ages between nine and fifteen with the use of a MRI scanner while they performed certain writing and spelling tasks.

The results showed that during the process the brain functions in the brain were different, the girls were still slightly ahead of the boys in language skills, but boys it would seem are more than likely to be able to pick up more information from a lecture by listening. So it is true, boys are great listeners while on the other hand girls are great talkers.

Source [Science Daily]