Men’s brains, women’s brains
Who do you think has a more superior brain? Who’s more intelligent? Man or woman? Many men will of course grunt: Me Tarzan, me smart. And as expected, women will say: I’m Jane. I’m smarter. The age-old debate between husbands and wives, men and women, routinely picks up momentum whenever an article on the latest research on men’s brains and women’s brains is published.
A recent research study on this topic caused ripples and a lot of controversy when the findings were published in December last year. Here’s what the research team at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, headed by Dr. Ragini Verma found on scanning the brains of hundreds of young males and females.
They found that the brains of the two sexes were wired differently and that while men have more connectivity within each hemisphere of the brain, women have more connections between the two hemispheres.
The researchers said the two different patterns of connectivity show that women are better equipped for multi-tasking and remembering things, while men’s brains are wired more for coordinated actions, better perception, and for learning and focusing on single tasks. Apparently, we should never expect men to attend to more than one chore at a time for they’ll just mess things up. Continue reading