Just for Fun - the Difference Between Male and Female Brains

A couple of years ago I sat and watched a science programme that showed the brain scans of five men and five women as they went through a series of 'multi-tasking tests'.

The tests included such things as a mock kitchen being set up with a number of simultaneous tasks needing to be performed within a time limit.

It was no surprise that all the women came in at the top half of the list - apart from one man who performed better than everybody else. He was gay.

The scientists said the brain scans revealed different brain structure patterns between men and women and the gay man had a female structure that looked more female than the women in the test - gay people have the brain structure of the opposite gender.

I think this Youtube video explains the difference between male and female brains quite well, don't you?

Tale of Two Brains

Another part of the programme followed the journey of a female transsexual undergoing hormonal treatment before having 'the big op'.   Her brain scans revealed that as the months of hormonal therapy were passing she was not only developing the external appearance of a man - her brain structure was changing too.

The scans showed her brain's emotional centres had gone from four areas that 'lit up' when she was emotional to only one (apparently us blokes only have one emotional centre and we find it extremely difficult to get in touch with it).

The lady who wanted to become a man said she found it really frustrating she couldn't cry as easily any more and couldn't release her emotions when she wanted to.

The programme explained that women deal with emotional problems most effectively through talking to other women, while men need to spend time alone in order to get in touch with that single lonely emotional centre they have to get by with - hence the need for men to 'go walkabout' or go sit in the shed at the bottom of the garden.

Did you know there are  'Shedologist Societies' for such fellas? I kid you not.

Regards - Carl