These funny preconceived notions we have about women that science sees

Women multitask

forged. Unlike men who “do one job,” women will be able to take on several jobs at the same time. this prejudice It is supported by a study dating back to 1982. This postmortem study, on about twenty individuals, revealed a larger corpus callosum in women than in men. This bundle of nerve fibers connects the two cerebral hemispheres, hence the idea that this would allow the woman to activate the two cerebral hemispheres more effectively simultaneously, thusPerform multiple tasks at the same time. An analysis of about fifty studies a few years later concluded that there was no significant difference in the thickness of the corpus callosum. Better yet, researchers are now questioning the possibility of “multitasking.” In a study published in 2010, Etienne Koechlin and Sylvain Charon, from the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at Inserm, showed that the brain is only capable of doing one thing at a time, whether you’re a man or a woman. Thanks to medical imaging, they highlighted all the volunteers a brain area which activates while performing two tasks. It will serve as a key that will ensure that we move from one task to another so quickly that we are not aware of it. Which gives us the impression that we are doing two things at once.

Women They don’t know how to orient themselves

true and false. Numerous studies confirm that, on average, men are more efficient than women at maintenance tasks. Satellite navigation (finding the shortest path in a virtual maze) or rotation in space (Recognizing 3D objects from different angles). An asset that some researchers attribute to testosterone, while others see it as a result of education – for example, boys play outside more often and prefer team games. However, it is enough for a woman to train to improve her sense of direction, and even a man’s sense of equality. Researchers at the University of Toronto tested the ability of women and men to locate a moving target on a screen, pointing Best results in the last. But during a second test, after ten hours spent on a video game, the sexes got neck and neck!

Women She has a maternal instinct

TRUE. Some researchers argue that caring for children is innate in them. They call out the role of oxytocin – presented asattachment hormone It is secreted in large quantities during pregnancy – affecting the mothers’ brain. However, parents were not left out! They know too Neurological changes after their baby is born, but researchers are just beginning to study them. In the presence of the newborn, the Father’s mind It activates the same areas dedicated to fatherhood as the mother, and it also experiences an increase in oxytocin. This certainly allows them to be as successful as mothers in recognizing the cries of their own children among the cries of other children.

gossip women

TRUE. But only when she is young. Studies show that they develop better pre-language and verbal fluidity: from 6 months babble slightly outnumbers boys, differences become more pronounced at 2-3 years – richness of vocabulary, production and understanding of words and sentences … Reasons for this Better control not known. However, available data on adults no longer reveal significant differences.

Women axiom

TRUE. But not necessarily more than men! In neuroscience, intuition is the quick and unconscious recognition, without resorting to reasoning, of certain “patterns” that are encountered repeatedly and therefore firmly entrenched in our memory. For example, it could relate to the connection between facial expressions and mood, or between a list of symptoms and a medical diagnosis. In 2005, a British study of 15,000 Internet users was asked to distinguish candid smiles from simulated smiles among 10 pairs of images. While 77% of women described themselves as “very intuitive” compared to 58% of men, both genders responded with the same success rate (71 and 72%), and tended to demonstrate that they had it all. A lot of intuition. However, a new Chinese study published in October contradicts this finding: This time, its participants, equipped with an EEG, not only made decisions more easily and quickly, but they also got better results. Best results.

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