Male and Female Brains Much Alike, a New Study Debunks the Old Myth
The endless debate that started in mid-19th century about the difference in male and female brains is finally over with new findings that declare brains of male and female are much alike and no significant difference on the basis of their gender. The new study focuses on a patchwork of forms in different brains rather than the gender.
"Nobody has had a way of quantifying this before," says Lise Eliot, a neuroscientist at Chicago Medical School in Illinois who was not involved in the study. "Everything they've done here is new." The new study can change the perception of the society of human classification on the base of their brains and even scientists' view will alter, reports Science.
The patchwork of forms is a vast matter which means some common patterns in males and females. Both genders can also share common patterns. There are some modest inequalities which are linked to emotions more than gender differences. These insignificant differences are heavily influenced by the environment. Eliot says that the data of new study shows overlap more than differences between the two genders.
Dr. Eliot concludes that there is nothing called "male or female brains" because both are identical. This can debunk the old myth that men are better than women for having larger brains. The amygdalae only are larger in men's brains because they have bigger bodies. This increase in volume is to keep its proportionality to the body size of the being, according to Psychology Today.
But the difference in volume does not increase the function in larger brains. The function of the brains is mainly dependent on the aptness of its components. With this clear result of the new study, the future vision of scientists and society seems to change dramatically. The long debates about the male and female brain differences have taken a big chunk of the attention of experts.