Men and women think differently

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The idea, which has aroused strong resentment but has long prevailed, is that women like to discuss their feelings, while men are often enthusiastic about talking about football and cars, which can possibly be true.

British scientists, who led the world's largest study of sexual differences in the brain, found that men preferred "things" and "systems," while women were more interested in people. and emotions.

They pointed out that men are almost twice as likely as women to "get comfortable with the systems" rather than being compassionate and vice versa.

As part of this study, scientists from the University of Cambridge surveyed more than 650,000 people aged 16 to 89 years.

Scientists said their findings confirm two theories: the theory of empathy and the systematization of sexual differences, which predict that men will codify more, for example, while women will be more in tune with emotions.

The second theory is the theory of the male brain, which predicts that the brains of people with autism are more "masculine" than their sex, being more system-centric.

Cambridge's twin theories, Simon Baron-Cohen, remain controversial and have been described as "a gender-based hypothesis that perceived differences in personality and behavior between men and women are caused by biological differences in brain".

James Damour, a former Google engineer, cited the theory of "empathy and systematization" in a memo disclosed to his colleagues, which led to his dismissal last year. Organic mushroom.

Based on responses from 671,660,000 people, most of them in Britain, the Cambridge team said in an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that gender differences in brain types were " very clear. "

However, they said that it was not clear to what extent they were influenced by inherited characteristics or by socialization.

In the study, 44.4% of non-autistic men were classified as "S" or "type S" and had "systematic" rates above empathy, compared to 27.3 % of women, Professor Baron Cohen once called it "the brain of the male".

At the same time, 42.9% of non-autistic women had an "E" brain and had an empathy rate greater than 24.6% in men (Professor Cohen described the brain as a brain female"). Other non-autistic participants had a "type B" or "balanced" brain.

Professor Baron-Cohen emphasized that the research highlights the qualities that autistic people bring to neuroscience: "They are powerful and moderate organizers, which means that they have excellent pattern recognition skills." , a great attention to detail and an ability to understand how things work, their talents to realize their potential and also benefit society. "