Are male and female brains different?

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The human brain is very complex and has many interesting features, which have always attracted scientists. There are many different characteristics between the male brain and the female brain, which creates a characteristic difference in the personality of the two sexes.

1. The brains of male and female fetuses


While in the womb, a girl's brain develops faster than a boy's. This has been proven:
At 16 weeks, boys' testosterone levels are 10 times higher than girls' (higher testosterone levels slow brain development). At 26 weeks, the researchers found that the corpus callosum in the brains of babies was much thicker than that of boys.

2. Brain size


Men's brains are usually 10 - 12% larger than women's brains. This may be because men need larger brains to control muscle mass.

3. Brain hemisphere activity


Most women have a balance between the two hemispheres of the brain, while men have more developed left brain than right brain. This helps women have better memory, practical thinking, communication and work orientation.
In addition, parietal lobes are more developed in males than in females. This helps men more quickly with math operations.

4. Coping with stress


The response to stress in men and women is very different. While men often choose to face and solve problems, women often choose to forget stress by confiding in relatives, friends, taking care of pets, planting trees, ...

5. Language


The balanced operation between the two hemispheres of the brain helps women learn a new language better than men, focusing only on using the left hemisphere of the brain. Women are better able to encode information and remember vocabulary.

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6. Emotions


Women's limbic system is larger than men's, so women are often more sensitive and able to express emotions. However, it also has the disadvantage of making women more susceptible to mood disorders than men.

7. Spatial Orientation


Thickness of the parietal region of the brain that interferes with the spatial orientation of women. Thereby, men have the ability to read maps, perceive space and do abstract tasks better than women.

8. Brain dysfunction


It is because of the tendency of brain activity that makes men and women susceptible to specific brain diseases. For example, men are more susceptible to conditions such as dyslexia, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Tourette's syndrome, while women are more prone to mood disorders such as anxiety and depression cold .

9. Tidyness


Men tend to like to sort and organize things neatly. This is because women often like to be creative, solving problems through intuition and feelings, while men's brains prefer order and logic.
There are many different characteristics between a man's brain and a woman's brain. This creates a characteristic difference in the personalities of the two sexes.

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Reference source: webmd.com

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