Topic: Brian architecture... Subject related gender issues in psychology... Best for BS Students of psychology Details about brain of men and women

1. Brain architecture is comprised of
billions of connections between
individual neurons across different
areas of the brain.
These connections enable
lightning-fast communication
among neurons that specialize in
different kinds of brain functions.
Brain architecture

2.  On average, males and females showed greater
volume in different areas of the cortex, the outer
brain layer that controls thinking and voluntary
movements. Females had greater volume in the
prefrontal cortex, orbit frontal cortex, superior
temporal cortex, lateral parietal cortex, and insula.

3.  Most notably, the brains of men exhibit a far smaller
degree of interconnectedness, both within & across the
hemispheres, than do those of women, which,
conversely, exhibit a significantly greater degree of
interconnectedness both across the hemispheres &
across lobes within a hemisphere.
 women's brains are about 11%smaller than men's, in
proportion to their body size. smaller brains allow
certain features, such as a slightly higher ratio of gray
matter to white matter, and a higher ratio of connections
between, versus within, cerebral hemispheres.

4.  Adjusted for total brain size (men's are bigger), a
woman's hippocampus, critical to learning and
memorization, is large than a man's & works differently.
conversely, a man's amygdala associated with the
experiencing of emotions and the recollection of such
experiences, is bigger than a woman's.
 women' are better at attention, word memory and social
cognition, & verbal abilities. men are better at spatial
processing & sensorimotor speed.
 women's are better at fine- motor coordination &
retrieving information from long term memory. women
are more oriented towards and have better memories of
faces, men of things. The female brain also has more
wiring in the areas that play a role in social cognition and
verbal communication. That may be why they're better at
empathizing with others, have a better sense of what is
happening around them, and are richer in their verbal
descriptions.

5.  Because there's less connectivity in the male brain
between their verbal centers, and their emotions and
memories, they're not as effective as
communicators, and that may be why they also tend
to have less interest in conversations.
 Unfortunately, there are also gender-specific
tendencies that are not so good. Women are more
prone to experience depression and post-
traumatic stress disorder. Men are more likely to
suffer from schizophrenia, dyslexia, and autism, and
to become alcoholic or drug-dependent. These are
proposed to result from their distinctive wiring
patterns.

6.  A reasonable conclusion is that it's both—there may
be neurological differences, but there are also
cultural influences. The percent of differences that
are neurological vs. societal/cultural.