Brain-size differs in sexes
NZPA Amsterdam Recent research has found that men’s brains are different in size and shape from women’s and some scientists believe the abilities of the sexes may differ as a result, said Dutch experts at an international conference in Amsterdam. Male sex hormones affect the shape of the brain, which usually is more symmetrical in men than in women, said specialists in the Dutch Institute for Cerebral Research.
Scientists do not yet know if the shape of the brain affects what its owner can or cannot do.
But some participants at the International Conference on Cerebral Research theorised that the shape was a determining factor, and that given men and women of equal intelligence, men were better at mathematics and women at languages.
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Press, 25 August 1983, Page 30
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