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=EVER WONDER IF WOMEN READ BETTER THAN MEN?= By Alex Phillips

It all started with reading. Scientists, being interested in the smallest things, were researching the how the brains of men and women function whilst reading. They were expecting there to discover a small difference, but ended up with a lot on their hands.

It turns out that: Women do better on tests that verbal speed Men do better at imagining what an object looks like if it is rotated Women recover better from strokes in the left hemisphere of the brain, where the language abilities are Male brains are more asymmetrical than female brains

Unfortunately, the research was indirect. These psychological studies could not prove that is was nature, not nurture.

Eventually, the scientists' new study, in contrast, showed that there were distinct differences in the parts of the brain used for different activities in men and women. This started to give some answers. Dr. Shaywitz said that the finding meant 'the brain is a lot more complicated than people envisioned.' Dr. Shaywitz also was shocked to discover differences in decoding words between men and women.

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