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Now, there's proof: Men, women different
The Washington Times ^
| December 2, 2005
| Jennifer Harper
Posted on 12/02/2005 12:29:36 AM PST by neverdem
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The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com
By Jennifer Harper THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published December 2, 2005
Attention, Dr. Frankenstein, and maybe Gloria Steinem: There are girl brains, then there are boy brains. But there's not one generic human brain, no matter what hand-wringing feminists may insist in their quest for sexual equality.
Some stark new clinical evidence shows that men and women are just not the same upstairs.
"The comedians are right. The science proves it. A man's brain and a woman's brain really do work differently," a research team from the University of Alberta in Canada announced yesterday.
After analyzing magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs) of 23 men and 10 women, the team found that the sexes use different areas of the brain even when working on exactly the same task.
"The larger implications of this work is that we may increasingly find out that there are differences in the 'hard wiring' of male and female brains," said study author Dr. Peter Silverstone, a psychiatrist.
Though Dr. Silverstone hopes that these revelations will lead to more innovative ways to treat depression and other mental illnesses, these findings might one day explain certain persistent behaviors that make for a more lively existence.
Why do men, for example, refuse to ask for directions while women are busy peering at maps and landmarks during the same automobile journey? Why do women cry and men sleep through a sappy movie? Could it be that old hard-wiring?
During the Canadian study, volunteers were given memory, language, spatial and coordination tests while their brains were monitored through the MRIs. |
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brain; brainimaging; men; nuclearoption; sexdifferences; wodlist; women
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To: phantomworker
Dang....you're up early....
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posted on
12/03/2005 5:47:28 AM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: phantomworker
Does this mean you really do check the internet before coffee?
:-)
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posted on
12/03/2005 5:48:40 AM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Lakeshark
Hey, I live in 2005! Wonder what 2006 will be like?
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posted on
12/03/2005 5:54:44 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: Lakeshark
I have too much work to do...
104
posted on
12/03/2005 5:55:59 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: phantomworker
*Enjoying coffee*
A heuristical wonder...........someone I know from drizzletown will be responsible..........
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posted on
12/03/2005 5:56:47 AM PST
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Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: phantomworker
106
posted on
12/03/2005 5:57:43 AM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Prime Choice
107
posted on
12/03/2005 5:58:05 AM PST
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Diva Betsy Ross
(A fun way to send care packages to troops: anysoldier.com)
To: Baynative
This is so true- why is it so funny? I am cryin at this thread. You all are very witty here.
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:04:18 AM PST
by
Diva Betsy Ross
(A fun way to send care packages to troops: anysoldier.com)
To: Lakeshark
Still need to get coffee...LOL!
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:07:49 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: Lakeshark
Yup. Going for a deep dive. What are you doing this weekend?
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:10:00 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: phantomworker
Late morning and early afternoon will be set aside for "honeydew lists". I might get bored and watch some USC/UCLA foosball later, then off to dinner with a hot date.........a certain hn who slept her way to the top.....
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:14:42 AM PST
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Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Lakeshark
Have a fun day.
Is USC still #1?
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:17:55 AM PST
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phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: phantomworker
k.....make sure and come up for air occasionally....
Yes, but I don't think this year's team is as good as the last two years.
Beatable........plus they have the dumbest and cheesiest fight song ever written.
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:20:40 AM PST
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Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Lakeshark
Enjoying coffee. Heuristic wonder from drizzletown? Starbucks? Once you get hooked on it, everything else seems so watered down.
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:26:02 AM PST
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phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: Lakeshark
What wrong with the fight song? (That's my school you know.) I turned on the TV a few weeks ago and SC won an amazing game in the last few seconds. Don't remember who they played... I just like watching guys putting out such a physical effort like that in tight uniforms! LOL!!! (hey, what can I say, I am a nerd).
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:31:07 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: phantomworker
*Gagging about fight song*
Yes, I know it's sort of your school....for now....but you have to understand that the tight uniforms can have the ambiance destroyed by ultra-stoopid trombones and tubas.....
In that regard I like girls beach volleyball myself......no bad fightsongs either......
:-)
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:40:23 AM PST
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Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Caipirabob
If this study bears fruit,...LOL!
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Starting over again, after cleaning orange juice off my keyboard...
If this study bears fruit, it may provide munition for the arguement of people being born gay. That is, if it can be proved that gay men have the same physiological traits within their brains that match those of women.
That is what they were probably searching for to begin with: birth defects, a whole new socialist welfare venue...
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Otherwise, homosexuality can go back to being categorized for the mental illness it is and always has been.
Correctemundo... but, will that happen to change their religious idolatry of perversion?
Or the Drama Complex with Pavlovian behavioral conditioning for mutilation of and deviance with human anatomy found in the media and popular culture?
To: Lakeshark
It's my school. One of them anyway. They send me T-shirts even. LOL! I'm half way through the masters program in systems architecture and engineering there. I guess the band is kind of dumb, but I don't notice.
I actually like beach volleyball, too. ???? Maybe because I used to play it. It probably doesn't have the same effect on me as it does on you though. LOL!!!
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:47:11 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
To: neverdem
Why do men, for example, refuse to ask for directions while women are busy peering at maps and landmarks during the same automobile journey?Why are men less likely to be robbed, kidnapped and raped?
To: Lakeshark
See! We proved it! Men, women are different!
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posted on
12/03/2005 6:52:18 AM PST
by
phantomworker
(We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are.<==> Perception is everything.)
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