tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post6001283541020979587..comments2024-03-29T05:00:28.897+00:00Comments on BishopBlog: The X and Y of sex differencesdeevybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-52712595716649756052015-12-07T14:30:36.035+00:002015-12-07T14:30:36.035+00:00In addition, the part of the brain that processes ...In addition, the part of the brain that processes emotions has a tendency to age much more quickly in men than it does in women. What does this mean for someone in a realistic sense? It often means that men are simply not capable of handling emotions in the same way that they have always done. Even someone who has always been very mature about his emotions and has managed to keep them in check during difficult circumstances may find himself exploding in rage or crying uncontrollably for no apparent reason. This is not necessarily the fault of the individual, but more likely because of the deterioration within the brain.<br /> <br />As if that were not enough, women's brains age more slowly when it comes to the part of the brain that is responsible for memory. This basically means that women can usually remember better than men as they get older. Almost all men have significant deterioration in the part of the brain that is responsible for memory that is directly associated with advancing age. This might even make them susceptible to dementia and other memory related diseases.<br /> Lauskshttp://lausks.com/articles.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-70723659392961028052011-08-04T02:05:38.243+01:002011-08-04T02:05:38.243+01:00I'd really like to learn more about this subje...I'd really like to learn more about this subject. It sure isn't anything like high school biology and I find it very interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-61393703189648998542011-05-12T14:03:43.042+01:002011-05-12T14:03:43.042+01:00Ah! Oki. Thanks. I suppose, then, that even more i...Ah! Oki. Thanks. I suppose, then, that even more interesting stuff could come out if they dropped the binary concept and adopted a continuous quantitative one. More nuance and richness of variation would become apparent, I suspect.Christian Munthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373442927438898939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-70898714902442807892011-05-12T08:31:34.847+01:002011-05-12T08:31:34.847+01:00Christian: yes, thanks for pointing this out. Rese...Christian: yes, thanks for pointing this out. Researchers in this area use 'gonadal sex' to specify as male/female. Of course, there are some cases, such as hermaphrodites, who don't fit into this binary classification. <br />This article describes the 4 groups used to dissociate 'gonadal sex' from chromosome complement in mice: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19028515<br />There are also rare human cases where you have an XY chromosome complement in a gonadal female; either because SRY doesn't work, or because of androgen insensitivity.deevybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-59388428937981052672011-05-11T08:13:05.245+01:002011-05-11T08:13:05.245+01:00Really interesting stuff! Just one query, what is ...Really interesting stuff! Just one query, what is the concept of male/female applied or assumed by you/the authors of the paper? Clearly it is not in terms of secx-chromosme set-up, since differences in those terms are described as features of males/females....Christian Munthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373442927438898939noreply@blogger.com