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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Jackal1 on April 21, 2006, 07:50:06 AM
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Robin Lloyd
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com Thu Apr 20, 10:00 AM ET
Men and women are actually from the same planet, but scientists now have the first strong evidence that the emotional wiring of the sexes is fundamentally different.
An almond-shaped cluster of neurons that processes experiences such as fear and aggression hooks up to contrasting brain functions in men and women at rest, the new research shows.
For men, the cluster "talks with" brain regions that help them respond to sensors for what's going on outside the body, such as the visual cortex and an area that coordinates motor actions.
For women, the cluster communicates with brain regions that help them respond to sensors inside the body, such as the insular cortex and hypothalamus. These areas tune in to and regulate women's hormones, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion and respiration.
"Throughout evolution, women have had to deal with a number of internal stressors, such as childbirth, that men haven't had to experience," said study co-author Larry Cahill of the University of California Irvine. "What is fascinating about this is the brain seems to have evolved to be in tune with those different stressors."
The finding, published in the recent issue of the journal NeuroImage, could help researchers learn more about sex-related differences in anxiety, autism, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The new study focused on activity in the amygdala, a cluster of neurons found on both sides of the brain and involved for both sexes in hormone and other involuntary functions, as well as emotions and perception. Cahill already knew that the sexes use different sides of their brains to process and store long-term memories, based on his earlier work. He also has shown that a particular drug, Propranolol, can block memory differently in men and women.
Cahill and his co-author Lisa Kilpatrick, scanned the brains of 36 healthy men and 36 healthy women. The subjects were told to relax with their eyes closed during the scan, so that differences between the sexes could be studied at rest rather than during heavy lifting like accessing memories.
The scans also showed that men's and women's amygdalas are polar opposites in terms of connections with other parts of the brain. In men, the right amygdala is more active and shows more connections with other brain regions. In women, the same is true of the left amygdala.
Scientists still have to find out if one's sex also affects the wiring of other regions of the brain. It could be that while men and women have basically the same hardware, it's the software instructions and how they are put to use that makes the sexes seem different.
* Men and Women Really Do Think Differently
* Ancient Behaviors Hard-Wired in Human Brain
* Women Feel More Rushed than Men
* Adult Brain Cells Do Keep Growing
* Women Suffer More than Men
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What a shock. I wonder how long it took and how much was spent on this very enlighteneing study. I`m sure most every married man here will be amazed to find out that women and men think and act differently.
For the challenged....
I think the bottom line needs to be clarified and qualified.
Women Suffer More than Men ..unless the man has contact or lives with a woman. :)
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and that is why women should not be allowed to vote on important stuff.
lazs
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jackall - here's the test: http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/studerende/duff/BrainWiringTest/
Try it out. I got a dead butch -50 when I did it the first time, -40 in a more recent attempt.
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but how do their ring fingers compare?
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geeze beet... I got a 25. I am gonna go and eat some chocolate and have a good cry.
I hate tests that insinuate that I might not be "sensitive".
lazs
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how do you take the test?
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Originally posted by Mustaine
how do you take the test?
First... you buy a dress. Then try to find a bag and pumps that go with it...
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stupid test, i got 120 for a man and 210 for a woman.
but then, im not normal in any way.
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You know what i hate?
TV commercials...
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Scored "0" for a man.
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Haa 90 points , wheres my skirt :O :O :rofl
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I want Skuzzy to take this test!
Others whose test results I'd like to see: Toad, HoldenMcGroin, Thrawn, Nash, Hangtime, Maverick, straffo, ripsnort, J_A_B, - plus a few others who have been banned.
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I got -10
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Originally posted by lazs2
I hate tests that insinuate that I might not be "sensitive".
lazs
I hate it when people say I'm insensitive. I can sense that I piss people off, I just don't care.
so, while it would be fairly accurate to say I'm an uncaring person, I am quite sensitive.
BTW- I don't know if that test was BS or not but I got a -15
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Originally posted by Hangtime
First... you buy a dress. Then try to find a bag and pumps that go with it...
You knew enough to call them 'pumps'. That bothers me. When I first read your response, I pictured a bag and pumps. Then wondered what a woman would do with the sack and what would she be pumping.
Then it dawned on me what you were actually saying, then I got concerned. Hang, you need to go shoot something. :D
Beet, sorry, I cannot take the test. My computer refuses to accept Java as a proper computer language. Java is for sissies. :)
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beet1e I'm stuck at question 6 ! I usually go right in the middle ;)
My score :
Total score if you are a man: -150
Total score if you are a woman: -150
I answered C to all questions ;)
Ok now my real score :D
Total score if you are a man: 70
Total score if you are a woman: 120
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OMG...I'm a lesbian. I KNEW IT...I KNEW IT ALL ALONG:lol
Brains which are 'wired' for mainly masculine thinking usually score below 150...........The lower the score for a woman, the more likely she will be to have lesbian tendencies. Brains that are wired for mainly feminine thinking will score higher than 180.
Score Man 115
Score Woman 140
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Man - 105
Woman - 150
I have NO PROBLEM cooking (or anything else), listening to Pink Floyd, and talking on the phone.
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Number 6 doesnt have the correct answer.
I Do indeed mind where I sit.
But I prefer to sit in the middle and not to the right or left.
Actually I prefer to sit iin the very middle of the left/right/front back
Number 8. You're in an unfamiliar place and someone asks you where North is. You:
Easy. Look for the Satalite dishes.
All satalite dishes point south LOL
My Results
Man -30
Woman -20
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I scored -45. My wifey scored 340.
J_A_B
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Originally posted by beet1e
jackall - here's the test:
I got a dead butch -50
Butch? So...........ummmm.....errrrr rrrrrrrr.........you are actualy "butch"? :)
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Butch? So...........ummmm.....errrrr rrrrrrrr.........you are actualy "butch"? :)
Well apparently that test thinks so. Remarkable, considering I don't have any guns, and enjoy my hobbies of crochet work and flower arranging. :p
Jackal - what was your score?
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& dead
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Originally posted by beet1e
Well apparently that test thinks so. Remarkable, considering I don't have any guns, and enjoy my hobbies of crochet work and flower arranging. :p
Jackal - what was your score?
Sorry Beetle. I don`t own a dress. :rofl
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Come on, come on - do the test! Post the result!!
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I did the test honestly beet... I think that a few of the questions had two good answers but I chose the best I got 25 for the male score and 50 for the female.
according to them I am a real knuckle dragger. Then there is the fact that I have this really long ring finger on each hand that I though simply meant I was a werewolf but.....
lazs
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man
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