Do Man and Women Think Differently?

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Introduction: There has been great debate that men and women think differently and because of this theory each gender struggles to understand one another. This research project will discuss the different findings and experiments that were done to prove the differences in the male and female brain. It will show evidence of similarities and differences between the two genders and also answer many questions that have been asked, such as why women struggle with directions and why men struggle to remember fine details of a conversation. The research that will be conducted will show the characteristics of the brains e.g. the grey and white matter and which gender uses more of one than the other. This topic was chosen to answer simple and interesting questions that could have an influence on everyday life. The research will show us that there is more to males and females and the way they think, it will explore the possibilities of how views are formed due to the engineering of the male and female brains. Literature review: Scientists believed that the differences between the male and female brain were limited to the hypothalamus, some scientists also stated that the male brain is bigger but this was proven through showing that males had bigger bone and skeleton structure. This explanation had to be well backed up because brain power is associated with the size of a brain. In 2001, scientists from Harvard University found that certain parts of the brain were differently sized in males and females, this may balance the overall size difference. The study found that parts of the frontal lobe (responsible for problem solving and decision making) and the limbic cortex (responsible for regulating emotions) were larger in females. In males, the... ... middle of paper ... ...O. (2013, december 3). the atlantic. Retrieved may 11, 2014, from http://www.theatlantic.com/: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/male-and-female-brains-really-are-built-differently/281962/ Reviews, N. a. (2014, february 11). Males and females differ in specific brain structures - See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/males-and-females-differ-in-specific-brain-structures#sthash.Z9ieBzso.dpuf. Retrieved may 11, 2014, from http://www.cam.ac.uk/: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/males-and-females-differ-in-specific-brain-structures webMD. (2005). Retrieved may 11, 2014, from http://www.webmd.com/: http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/how-male-female-brains-differ Edmonds, Molly. "Do men and women have different brains?" 08 October 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 10 May 2014.

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