Brain Connectivity Study Reveals Striking Differences Between the Sexes

A new study may lend credence to common beliefs about differences between the sexes. According to a report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that females displayed greater connectivity in the supratentorial region between the left and right hemispheres, while males displayed greater connectivity within each hemisphere. In males, there appears to be greater neural connectivity from front to back and within one hemisphere, suggesting their brains are structured to facilitate connectivity between perception and coordinated action. In contrast, in females, the wiring goes between the left and right hemispheres, suggesting that they facilitate communication between the analytical and intuition. “These maps show us a stark difference — and complementarity — in the architecture of the human brain that helps provide a potential neural basis as to why men excel at certain tasks, and women at others,” explained Ragini Verma, PhD. Click here to read the full article.