Women have more efficient brains than men - Telegraph
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The study, published in the journal Intelligence, carried out a series of intelligence tests on men and women.
Despite the fact the women had smaller brains they performed better in inductive reasoning, some numerical skills and were better at keeping track of a changing situation – although men did better on spatial intelligence.
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Trevor Robbins, professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge University, said the results show size does not matter - for women.
“The smaller size could represent more intense packing of nerve cells or more active signalling between them,” he told the Sunday Times. “Meaning they are operating more efficiently.”
“The research suggests that, in women, the smaller the hippocampus, the better it works. The size of a structure doesn’t necessarily bear any relation to how well it performs.”
Les différents journaux reprennent tous l’article du Sunday Times (#paywall) mais pas de référence à la publication de Intelligence.
