Over the years, the never-ending debate of which is the better gender
still is left unanswered. While it’s true that men differ from women in a lot
of aspects, the question still remains on which gender is superior overall.
Therefore, scientists have scrutinized the differences between the two with
regard emotions, memory, business success, and longevity.
A study conducted by Daniel Amen, MD, and other researchers that
analyzed imaging scans among 26,000 people discovered that women have increased
blood flow in 112 of the 128 brain regions than men. This indicates by sheer
fact that women’s brains are much more active than men’s. The most intriguing
difference of all is that women were found out to have higher level of brain
activity in the prefrontal cortex. That part of the brain governs planning,
organization, impulse control, and learning from mistakes. It is sometimes
called the brain’s CEO. On the other hand, men’s brains show greater activity
in the areas associated with visual perception, spatial intelligence, and form
recognition.
Having identified those differences doesn’t mean that one specific
gender is already dominant against the other. According to Dr. Amen, “Even when
men and women succeed at the same task, they tend to call on different strengths
and areas of the brain to achieve this result.” Read the rest of this article
to have a closer look at the differences found by experts between men and women.
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Women have better memories. It has been found
out that women have greater activity in the hippocampus of the brain, which is
the reason why women are better in recalling where things were last placed and
rarely misplaces items such as the car keys, smartphone, or the remote control. Swedish psychologists found out
that in the tests on several types of memory done on both genders, results
favoured women in almost all the areas studied. Although women have the upper
hand when it comes to recalling, men have the edge in a type of memory called
visuospatial processing. In simple words, men have better sense of direction
than women, which is why men are more likely to remember how to find his way
out of the woods.
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Men have larger brains. Because men’s bodies are
generally bigger than women’s, the brains of the former are 8 to 10 percent
bigger than the latter. Additionally, men have about 4 percent more neurons
than women do. It’s actually too early to jump into conclusions that men are
intellectually superior to women. Amid the brain size and number of neurons,
scientists point that the distribution of neurons is different between genders.
Dr. Jill Goldstein at Harvard Medical School found out that women have larger
volume in both the frontal cortex and the limbic cortex, which is involved in
emotional responses. This is why women deal with their emotions as transparent
as an LCD screen protector as
compared to men who typically hide their emotions within themselves.
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Women live longer. Studies suggest that women
have greater self-control than men. This can be seen by how women take better
care of themselves more than men do. Statistics also show that women have lower
rates of substance abuse, anti-social personalities, and ADHD. Women are also
14 times less likely to be locked up in jail or get traffic tickets. That trait
in women is what makes them outlive men. However, their lack of adventure in
life due to increased self-limitations makes women more prone to anxiety
disorders and depression. While women live longer, men are generally happier.
There, the facts have been laid out. Now it’s up to you to answer one
of the most controversial questions of all time, “Which gender is more
superior?”
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