A true ‘No Brainer’: Men and Women are Wired Differently.

 

The Guardian put out news of some interesting research.

What we always felt instinctively is true. Men are wired for perception and coordinated action (as you’d expect in a hunter) while women are wired for social skills and memory. This can be seen in the more numerous links between the right and left sides of the brain in females as opposed to males.

The neural maps (connectome maps) were observed using diffusion tensor MRI imaging. Here are the maps (men in blue women in gold):

male brain

 

female brain

 

 

These are typical results from 428 males and 521 females aged 8-22. The difference between the sexes become apparent in 14-17 year olds. This might suggest more of a hormonal origin rather than a cultural influence.

Anyway, this becomes more fascinating when one considers mental illness and mapping of pathways for problems such as Depression, Schizophrenia, etc. in males and females and how they respond to treatment with various medications, tailored to more specific pathways since there are differences in disease prevalence in males and females.

Source:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/02/men-women-brains-wired-differently?commentpage=5

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And yet we will still get ones that demand that men and women are the same. I am all for equality, but saying that is like saying a sports car and a truck are the same.

Flip side, I do agree that this is good information that will help with development and medication.

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Not sure about a demand for 

Quoting Ryat, reply 1
demand that men and women are the same.
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I believe the logical/legal requisite is that they be treated equally with men (no gender discrimination) in the work place and under the law. 

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Men are wired for perception and coordinated action (as you’d expect in a hunter) while women are wired for social skills and memory.
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Or, in other words, Football and Facebook, respectively. ;)

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 2
I believe the logical/legal requisite is that they be treated equally with men (no gender discrimination) in the work place and under the law.
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Yep, which I agree with. Its more of the ones that are demanding that men and women are carbon copies. We are not, as noted with brain scans. Its these that drive me up the wall.

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Somethings take science to reveal what 'should' be obvious. Equality is fine but the differences between genders exist for a reason. Women are natural home makers, men are the providers. We go out and get the stuff and the women organize it, the basic premise. It is ingrained in the species to insure survival. Hunter/gatherers......how we began and how we still are albeit in a more 'modern sense'. Probably why its called' A no brainer'.

Reply #7 Top

Do we need research for something that we all know.

Reply #8 Top

You don't "know" it's true or false until you prove it. Until then, you "suspect" it might be true or false. Example? The flat earth was accepted as true until proven false.

Besides, had you read the OP's last paragraph, you'd see why the research might prove a critical advancement to the treatment of illnesses of the central nervous system in men and women. For that reason alone, the research was very important.

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Reply #9 Top

Flat earth was never accepted by everybody at all for start.

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In terms of research yes I agree. The more we learn about those differences the better to pattern what is needed to overcome debilitating conditions that interfere with what should come naturally......if that makes any sense. 

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while women are wired for social skills and memory.
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I guess I don't need to feel so bad about forgetting to put my pants on this morning. ;)   (I actually did that, at least I didn't go outside.)

Looking at the brain maps, it also might explain the common perception that women are so more inclined to talk about their feelings than men are.  [Now stop wanting me to do that.]

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The female brain looks scrambled...

Reply #13 Top

I wonder how common it is for a male to have a brain wired like a woman, or vice-versa. 

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Quoting Timmaigh, reply 13

I wonder how common it is for a male to have a brain wired like a woman, or vice-versa. 
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Exactly like that, I am sure, is a rarity but those are averages as some males are more social then your average woman and some females are more hunterious then your average male.

Reply #15 Top

There's a lot of 'grey' in between.

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Quoting Uvah, reply 15

There's a lot of 'grey' in between.
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I see what you did there

:)

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Quoting Fuzzy, reply 12
The female brain looks scrambled...
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so does the males...   :P

 

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Quoting sydneysiders, reply 17

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Quoting Fuzzy Logic, reply 12
The female brain looks scrambled...
so does the males...
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sydney is right on the money!!!  :rofl:

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Quoting teddybearcholla, reply 18
sydney is right on the money!!! 
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Thank G-d!

Reply #20 Top

Sidney's brain scan seems to have strange bumpy structures.  Maybe we should study (not dissect - at least until he is done with his brain) them and see how they affect the brain spaces in between? 

Reply #22 Top

Asta e foarte important ... nu pleca de afaceri neterminate, și să prezinte mai multe fotografii minunate!  :grin:

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I have never let facts, figures, logic or concern about the real or perceived differences between men and women get in my way of taking my daily naps.  Take care of the important things and the rest of life will take care of itself.   :sun:

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Quoting Philly0381, reply 23

I have never let facts, figures, logic or concern about the real or perceived differences between men and women get in my way of taking my daily naps.  Take care of the important things and the rest of life will take care of itself.  
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I'd wear this^ t-shirt.

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 22

Asta e foarte important ... nu pleca de afaceri neterminate, și să prezinte mai multe fotografii minunate! 
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