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Girls' brains vs. Boys' brains

by: Rocio Jimenez

The brain is differently constructed in men and in women; it processes information in a different way, which results in different perceptions, priorities and behaviors. In the past ten years, doctors, scientists, psychologists and sociologists have been exploring scientific research into what makes the sexes different; they have found several differences.

The female brain usually responds more sensitively to all sensory stimuli. Women do better than men on verbal tests. Girls say their first words and learn to speak earlier than boys. They read earlier, too, and do better in coping with the building blocks of language like grammar, punctuation and spelling. Later, for women it is easier to master foreign language, and have a better use of grammar and spelling. Boys can see better than what they can hear. Most boys tend to play with toys that have abstract geometric designs, and they are more active than girls. At the school boys will play more energetically than the girls. Girls will opt for more inactive games. By the age of four, girls accept younger children into the group; boys tend to try to join groups of older children. Girls know and remember the names of their playmates; boys often don't. Women see better in the dark and have a better visual memory. Men see better than women in bright light. Women react faster, and they are more intensely, to pain; they tend to be better judges. Men tend to be more aggressive than women.

Freshman Erika Freeman says, "I think there are differences between women's and men's brains; usually the women tend to be more judicial that the man, and the man tend to take quickest ways possible." Freshman Alexandria Dillon says, "I know that there are some differences that have been proven with medical research, but I also think many people believe these differences to be more drastic than they really are."

The sexes are different because their brains are different. The way our brains are made show how we feel, communicate, fight or think, which results in different perceptions, priorities and behaviors.

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