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Finally - why women can't read maps
From correspondents in New Mexico
January 24, 2005
MEN frequently despair at women's map-reading skills - or rather their lack of them. Now scientists believe they have pinpointed the reason for this conflict between the sexes.
Researchers say it is all down to differences in the reliance of the sexes on either grey matter or white matter in their brains to solve problems.
They found that in intelligence tests men use 6.5 times as much grey matter as women, but women use nine times as much white matter.
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Complete article at http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12033956-13762,00.html
From correspondents in New Mexico
January 24, 2005
MEN frequently despair at women's map-reading skills - or rather their lack of them. Now scientists believe they have pinpointed the reason for this conflict between the sexes.
Researchers say it is all down to differences in the reliance of the sexes on either grey matter or white matter in their brains to solve problems.
They found that in intelligence tests men use 6.5 times as much grey matter as women, but women use nine times as much white matter.
[ . . . ]
Complete article at http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12033956-13762,00.html
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