Notre cerveau a-t-il un sexe ?

Pour en savoir plus sur ces histoires de « sexe du cerveau »…
▻http://seenthis.net/messages/199993

Tous égaux face au cerveau (Les Poupées en Pantalon)
▻http://lespoupeesenpantalon.blogspot.fr/2011/08/tous-egaux-face-au-cerveau.html

Pink Brain, Blue Brain, How Small Differences Grow into Troublesome Gaps – and What We Can Do About It
▻http://www.liseeliot.com/pink-brain-blue-brain

(Retour à la source, merci Xavier)

Calling on years of exhaustive research and her own work in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time, as parents, teachers, peers—and the culture at large—unwittingly reinforce gender stereotypes. Children themselves exacerbate the differences by playing to their modest strengths. They constantly exercise those “ball-throwing” or “doll-cuddling” circuits, rarely straying from their comfort zones.
But this, says Eliot, is just what they need to do. And she offers parents and teachers concrete ways to help. Presenting the latest science from conception to puberty, she zeroes in on the precise differences between boys and girls, reining in harmful stereotypes. Boys are not, in fact, “better at math” but at certain kinds of spatial reasoning. Girls are not naturally more empathetic than boys; just allowed to express their feelings more.
Of course, genes and hormones play a role in creating boy-girl differences, but they are only the beginning. Social factors, such as how we speak to our sons and daughters and whether we encourage their physical adventurousness, are proving to be far more powerful than we previously realized. As a parent, Eliot understands the difficulty of bucking gender expectations, but also the value of doing so.
In an increasingly complex and competitive world, we need our boys to be emotionally intelligent and our girls to be technologically savvy. By appreciating how sex differences emerge—rather than assuming them to be fixed biological facts—we can help all children reach their fullest potential, close the troubling gaps between boys and girls, and ultimately end the gender wars that currently divide us.

Quand on compare cet abstract aux extraits publiés par Le Figaro, c’est juste… heu.