Describe the structural differences in the brains of men and women, and explain the differences in how their brains are specialized to deal with intellectual and language capabilities and how these differences affect their ability to compensate for brain damage

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Answer 1

Answer will include that many physical differences between male and female brains have been found, although their implications remain to be better understood. One generalization that may stand the test of time is that men's and women's brains may well be specialized in different ways to arrive at the same capabilities. In one classic series of studies, researchers observed brain activity as people did language tasks. Both men and women showed increased activity in Broca's area, on the left side of the brain, exactly as expected. Surprisingly, however, the left and the right brain were activated in more than half the women tested. Despite this difference, the two sexes performed equally well on a task that involved sounding out words. Another study, this time focused on intelligence, also found that women are more likely than men to use both sides of their brains. In a different study, brain images of men and women with similar IQ scores revealed major differences in brain areas involved in intelligence. In general, the men had more gray matter (neuron cell bodies), whereas the women had more white matter