The recent study which “confirms” the differences between male and female brains has been roundly criticised by neuroscientists. However,there are some genuine differences that cannot be deniedUnless you’ve been trapped in a lead-lined sensory-deprivation chamber this week, you’ve probably heard approximately the recent study that “confirms” the differences between the brains of men and women. Confirmed is in inverted commas because it’s very easy to “confirm” even the most surreal of notions with brain imaging techniques. As is often the case with scientific findings that get massive media attention, and the science behind said “findings” is far from perfect. The study itself has been taken apart by the neuroscience community like a juicy lamb shank thrown to a tank of rarely-fed piranhas.
I won’t attempt to critique the paper here; there are plenty of people who have done that better already (although I have had a go). No,there is a lot of data already out there on the subject of male and female brains. However, the media coverage this study received implies that there is a much deal of public interest in knowing approximately the genuine differences between the brains of men and women. So what follows is a basic rundown of the more distinct differences between the brains of men and women.
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Source: theguardian.com