He Thinks, She thinks

How different are men from women? Are men and women's brains really different or is it a result of their environment? Recent studies done by psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and professors at numerous universities have shown that gender differences do actually occur because of specific differences in the brain.
The brain is made up of two hemispheres. Each hemisphere controls the way that specific tasks are carried out. The right hemisphere is more visually oriented and the left is more logically oriented and is the control center for language. When women are called upon to do a task, they use both hemispheres simultaneously. Men tend to use one or the other at a time.
The structure of the male brain verses the female brain is distinctly different. The male brain is made of mostly white matter. White matter is constructed of long neuron fibers with a fatty myelin coating. The white matter is bulky and not very dense. Women’s brains, on the other hand, are eleven percent more dense than men’s and are made more gray matter than white. Gray matter is areas of neuron cell bodies. Women’s brains are also smaller than men’s and have a greater blood flow.
These differences in brain structure are the basic causes of the behavioral and learning differences in males and females. Women are generally more efficient than men in verbal and memory skills. At girls tend to be able to develop language skills sooner than boys. The male brain is stronger in areas like focus, processing, and navigation. Men are also more likely to get developmental disorders such as dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, and autism. Women’s brains are more resilient to these disorders because they tend to use both hemispheres more efficiently than men.
The brain structure also explains why men and women have differences in they way they handle anger. When women are angry their brain triggers the orbital frontal cortex, which controls “cool-headed decision making”, and the left hemisphere, which controls the inner environment and emotions. When men are angry their brains trigger the amygdala’s right hemisphere, which controls adrenaline and is more “in tune with the outside world.”
Even with all these differences, male and female brains operate with the same efficiency. The brain just accomplishes the tasks it is given in distinctly different ways.

I think that the way our brains use the different hemispheres is very interesting. The way that men and women use either one hemisphere or both determines how they think and act. I think its amazing that all this happens in our brains involuntarily without us having to make one conscious thought. If we had to make all those decisions, I cant imagine the effort that would take! Pretty much, our brain is amazing.

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/she-thinks/article_print