intelligence of girls and boys.
By fhm1987
@fhm1987 (243)
Pakistan
October 9, 2007 2:23am CST
According to research boys have 6 times more grey matter in their brains as compared to girls. Grey matter is responsible for intelligence.
Whereas girls have 10 times more white matter in their brains which is responsible for interlinkage of incidents and good memory.
That explains why more guys are scientists, researchers, philosphers, engineers, physicts etc.
And more girls are good in literature, teaching , story writing, spoken languages etc..
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4 responses
@braveheart07 (2601)
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
Hi fhm1987. Welcome to myLot. Thanks for sharing that information! Maybe that is true, though I am not pretty sure. As what you have described, it does rime the exact example you give.
Thanks for sharing this nice info.
Have a nice day and God speed!
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@Commonsense0 (516)
• United States
12 Oct 07
That is interesting, although I think the reason most girls do better in school is bacause boys have no desire to learn, because they don't want to be singled out as weird.
I a girl, oh how I wish I was good at spoken languages =(
All the best,
Commonsense0
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
9 Oct 07
It doesn't explain much in my point of view, because human beings only use a small percentage of their actual potential anyway. So even if the guy has 6 times more gray matter, that doesn't mean he's using it. And if a woman maximizes her use of gray matter, while a man doesn't, she's still going to be better at the fields you mentioned in relation to men.
It's all a matter of individuality, and how each person's brain actually works. Just because the extra gray matter or white matter is there doesn't mean that it is being used. Moreover, when you choose to study certain topics, you are exercising your will, and that is more powerful than your body and its limitations, most of the time.