Venus and Mars: the Brain and Intelligence

Are women better then men at multitasking but not as good at reading a map? There’s no doubt that men and women have differences in behavior. Here we’ll look at some of those differences and discuss the theories surrounding them :

     The brain-where women are different

-          The human brain contains some 10,000-15,000 million nerve cells called neurons, and 1million billion synapse ( the connection between of nerve cells )

-          Women have slightly smaller brains then men.

-          The frontal lobe- plays a major part in making judgments, planning future actions, and in language. Women have far more cells here than men.

-          The hemispheres – two halves of the brain probably work differently. The left side helps us think analytically, while in the right sides helps us look at thinks as whole, involving the value of judgment and emotion.

-          The corpus callosum – transfer information between both halves of the brain. Women have a bigger corpus callosum then men, which may the fact that women score better on test of thought fluency and speech.

-          The limbic system – bigger in women affects our emotions.

-          Grey matter and white matter – processing information (grey matter), white matter- enabling us to carry out various tasks. Women tend to have far more white matter then men.