Women have more active brains than men

[Guest Nicole]

Largest functional brain imaging study to date identifies specific brain differences between women and men, according to a new report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Date:

August 7, 2017

Source:

IOS Press

Summary:

In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, researchers compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging studies provided by nine clinics, quantifying differences between the brains of men and women.

Side view of the brain summarizing blood flow results from tens of thousands of study subjects shows increased blood flow in women compared to men, highlighted in the red colored areas of the brain: the cingulate gyrus and precuneus. Men in this image have higher blood flow in blue colored areas -- the cerebellum.

Credit: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach, CA) compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging studies provided by nine clinics, quantifying differences between the brains of men and women. The study is published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Lead author, psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics, Inc., commented, "This is a very important study to help understand gender-based brain differences. The quantifiable differences we identified between men and women are important for understanding gender-based risk for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Using functional neuroimaging tools, such as SPECT, are essential to developing precision medicine brain treatments in the future."

The brains of women in the study were significantly more active in many more areas of the brain than men, especially in the prefrontal cortex, involved with focus and impulse control, and the limbic or emotional areas of the brain, involved with mood and anxiety. The visual and coordination centers of the brain were more active in men. SPECT can measure blood perfusion in the brain. Images acquired from subjects at rest or while performing various cognitive tasks will show different blood flow in specific brain regions.

Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170807120521.htm

[Guest]

But women already knew this. 

[Guest]

So... to think like a male a female should....?

or the opposite 

to think like a female a male should wear blinders for awhile to strengthen his prefrontal cortex. 

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Historically speaking the females thought about warfare enough to decide against it. 

While the males .... well....

I've always known the females are the smarter ones. 

[Guest Nicole]

You see the reason why you said the other day that I am a master at making assumptions hahaha my brain is always busy 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

Men do not have to use ALL their brains ... and ... by drinking massive quantities of beer, which kills brain cells ( but only killing the defective ones that can't take it ...) have a "natural selection" process that is unsurpassed.

I once worked for an Engineering Company whose Chief Engineer was an alcoholic, and spent his afternoons drunk behind the office, under a tree (weather permitting), but you could go and ask him any question, and instantly he would give you the correct answer, often, without even waking up.

That is not to say that men are superior .... as they wage war against each other, sending the fittest out to die, while the dullards and weak stay home and make babies.

Between the beer, and war .... it all evens out.