Study finds no real difference between male and female brains

[OrbitalDawn]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/study-finds-no-real-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/

A new study has found that differences between male and female brains are minimal, particularly in the part of the brain responsible for memory and emotional responsiveness.

The study, published in the journal Neuroimage and carried out by researchers at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago, undertook a meta-analysis of 76 previous studies involving more than 6,000 people and found no significant difference in size between the hippocampi in male and female brains.

The hippocampus is a region of the brain believed to play a role in long-term memory. In humans, the hippocampus is a paired structure, with mirror image halves on each side of the brain. It is part of the limbic system, a network of nerves which controls basic emotions and drives such as fear and hunger. The hippocampus has previously been reported as larger in women than in men, relative to total brain volume—a finding which the study authors said has in the past been used to justify gender stereotypes such as women being in more touch with their emotions. However, a 2014 University of Cambridge study found that males on average had larger hippocampus than females. And the recent Neuroimage study confirmed that across all studies, no clear sex difference exists.

"Many people believe there is such a thing as a 'male brain' and a 'female brain,'" said Lise Eliot, associate professor of neuroscience at Rosalind Franklin and the study's lead author, in a press release. "But when you look beyond the popularized studies—at collections of all the data—you often find that the differences are minimal."

 

[Slootvreter]

Even if the difference is minimal, that is still enough notice

 

[Rusty0]

We only use 10% of our brains so a 2% difference is quite big!

 

[DJ...]

We only use 10% of our brains so a 2% difference is quite big!

You might. The rest of us know that stat is complete bullschit...

 

[cerebus]

We only use 10% of our brains so a 2% difference is quite big!

Only a woman would believe that nonsense.

 

[Slootvreter]

You might. The rest of us know that stat is complete bullschit...

Correct, but look who you're dealing with

 

[Neoprod]

Apropos.

[video=youtube;XMDBigdoSkE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMDBigdoSkE[/video]

 

[TJ99]

Study finds no real difference between male and female brains

But then...

...particularly in the part of the brain responsible for memory and emotional responsiveness.

Nice try ideologues. Misleading headlines FTW.

"Many people believe there is such a thing as a 'male brain' and a 'female brain,'"

Yes, the sane ones. The rest of us are brainwashed femi-zombies.

 

[grok]

So we're practically wired the same.. 'splains my manboobs, but not why feminists exists.

 

[Nick333]

So we're practically wired the same.. 'splains my manboobs, but not why feminists exists.

Never mind that. How do transgender people exist?

 

[falcon786]

We only use 10% of our brains so a 2% difference is quite big!

I think thats been disproved,humans use the majority of their brains according to the most recent studies.

 

[LazyLion]

We only use 10% of our brains so a 2% difference is quite big!

Is that you, Lucy?

 

[Xarog]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/study-finds-no-real-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/

Well done, idiot scientists, for singling out the hippocampus and assuming that because this difference has been repudiated, all other differences are similarly baseless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala#Gender_distinction

The amygdala is one of the best-understood brain regions with regard to differences between the sexes. Larger male than female amygdalae have been demonstrated in children ages 7–11,[13] in adult humans,[14] and in adult rats.[15]

In addition to size, other differences between men and women exist with regards to the amygdala. Subjects' amygdala activation was observed when watching a horror film and subliminal stimuli. The results of the study showed a different lateralization of the amygdala in men and women. Enhanced memory for the film was related to enhanced activity of the left, but not the right, amygdala in women, whereas it was related to enhanced activity of the right, but not the left, amygdala in men.[16] One study found evidence that on average, women tend to retain stronger memories for emotional events than men.[17]

The right amygdala is also linked with taking action as well as being linked to negative emotions,[18] which may help explain why males tend to respond to emotionally stressful stimuli physically. The left amygdala allows for the recall of details, but it also results in more thought rather than action in response to emotionally stressful stimuli, which may explain the absence of physical response in women.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala#Sexual_orientation

Recent studies have suggested possible correlations between brain structure, including differences in hemispheric ratios and connection patterns in the amygdala, and sexual orientation. Homosexual men tend to exhibit more female-like patterns in the amygdala than heterosexual males do, just as homosexual females tend to show more male-like patterns in the amygdala than heterosexual women do. It was observed that amygdala connections were more widespread from the left amygdala in homosexual males, as is also found in heterosexual females. Amygdala connections were more widespread from the right amygdala in homosexual females, as in heterosexual males.[53][53][54]

It's not about size, it's about how you use it.

 

[TJ99]

Well done, idiot scientists, for singling out the hippocampus and assuming that because this difference has been repudiated, all other differences are similarly baseless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala#Gender_distinction



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala#Sexual_orientation

It's not about size, it's about how you use it.

Not just idiot scientists, it's more the idiot media reporting on it.

 

[Xarog]

Not just idiot scientists, it's more the idiot media reporting on it.

Oh indeed. But I expect the media to have an agenda and the SJW rot makes for good clickbait, so the media at least has a somewhat rational basis for wanting to report a study which aligns neatly with their political outlook.

I guess I hold scientists to a higher standard.

 

[Neoprod]

Oh indeed. But I expect the media to have an agenda and the SJW rot makes for good clickbait, so the media at least has a somewhat rational basis for wanting to report a study which aligns neatly with their political outlook.

I guess I hold scientists to a higher standard.

It's upsetting how much science is twisted to suit an agenda or product...it's shameful.

 

[Milano]

Headline is thoroughly debunked. Any man or woman knows the headline is false.

 

[SoulTax]

Even if the male and female brains were identical in size and ratio of regions. It is all about how we process information. And as others have pointed out, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that men and women process information in very different ways in many aspects of life.

Headline is misleading. Scientist is probably a feminazi or subsidised by one.

 

[Arthur]

It's all in the software. Of course the hardware is much the same.

These guys are like scientists examining bits and bytes moving down a wire and not seeing a difference between text and pictures. There really isn't any. The difference lies at a different level. The higher you go up the information taxonomy the more apparent the differences become.

Vive la difference!

 

[Solarion]

Study finds no real difference between male and female brains

That's impossible. A woman doesn't have a penis to keep it in.