Sex and brains: Vive la différence
Vive la différence!
A new technique has drawn wiring diagrams of the brains of the two sexes. The contrast between them is illuminating.MEN and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. And science has quantified some of those differences. Men, it is pretty well established, have better motor and spatial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal patterns of thought. Women have better memories, are more socially adept, and are better at dealing with several things at once. There is a lot of overlap, obviously. But on average these observations are true.This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Vive la différence!”From the December 7th 2013 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contentsExplore the edition