I don't want to single out any gender...
I just want to share this information with all of you.
As you all know, the brain is divided into two hemispheres.
The left side of the brain is more analytical and controls our logic.
Left-sided people are linear. They see the details first, then the whole picture.
The right side of the brain is the more creative side.
It controls our intuition and rhythm.
Right-sided people are holistic. They see the entire picture first and then break it into parts.
There's more to it than that, but I just wanted to keep it short because I'm focusing in the difference between males and females, not the hemispheres.
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Anyway, the middle part of the brain that unites the two hemispheres is called the corpus callosum.
The corpus callosum in the females is usually larger than the males, which allows both sides of brain to communicate.
Males, in the other hand, usually have a smaller corpus callosum and tend to the left side of the brain.
This is why males are usually better at math than girls are.
This up here is the limbic system or the limbic cortex. It’s the part of the brain that controls our emotions and our long term memory.
This part of the brain larger in females, which means they are prone to more emotional ties.
I’m going to just quote this website because it’s pretty complete and to the point.
I just want to share this information with all of you.
As you all know, the brain is divided into two hemispheres.
The left side of the brain is more analytical and controls our logic.
Left-sided people are linear. They see the details first, then the whole picture.
The right side of the brain is the more creative side.
It controls our intuition and rhythm.
Right-sided people are holistic. They see the entire picture first and then break it into parts.
There's more to it than that, but I just wanted to keep it short because I'm focusing in the difference between males and females, not the hemispheres.
blaugh
Anyway, the middle part of the brain that unites the two hemispheres is called the corpus callosum.
The corpus callosum in the females is usually larger than the males, which allows both sides of brain to communicate.
Males, in the other hand, usually have a smaller corpus callosum and tend to the left side of the brain.
This is why males are usually better at math than girls are.
This up here is the limbic system or the limbic cortex. It’s the part of the brain that controls our emotions and our long term memory.
This part of the brain larger in females, which means they are prone to more emotional ties.
I’m going to just quote this website because it’s pretty complete and to the point.
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bonding/nesting instincts - current research has demonstrated that females, on average, have a larger deep limbic system than males. This gives females several advantages and disadvantages. Due to the larger deep limbic brain women are more in touch with their feelings, they are generally better able to express their feelings than men. They have an increased ability to bond and be connected to others (which is why women are the primary caretakers for children - there is no society on earth where men are primary caretakers for children). Females have a more acute sense of smell, which is likely to have developed from an evolutionary need for the mother to recognize her young. Having a larger deep limbic system leaves a female somewhat more susceptible to depression, especially at times of significant hormonal changes such as the onset of puberty, before menses, after the birth of a child and at menopause. Women attempt suicide three times more than men. Yet, men kill themselves three times more than women, in part, because they use more violent means of killing themselves (women tend to use overdoses with pills while men tend to either shoot or hang themselves) and men are generally less connected to others than are women. Disconnection from others increases the risk of completed suicides.
The brain is 20% to 30% of the human body and men tend to have larger body mass then females do, therefore the male brain is bigger and has more brain cells or neurons.
But, like I mentioned before, the corpus callosum also allows women to have more neurological connections than males do.
According to the anatomist R. B. Bean, a larger corpus callosum means more intellectual activity, but this doesn’t necessarily mean women are smarter (I can’t single out any gender remember!).
Although we do make more connections (which are actually sparks of electricity that happen every time new information is sent to our brains), those connections create like a tiny stem of information recorded into our brain, if we don’t keep obtaining information on that stem specifically, it won’t get any bigger and it will eventually disappear, causing in memory loss.
I’ve probably left off a lot. I had to rewrite this over again. But I’ll keep adding.
And I’ll try to answer as many questions as possible.
