Studies of the Gender Differences in the Brain Have Found

question 14

Multiple Choice

Studies of the gender differences in the brain have found that:

• A) males have more cortical areas devoted to verbal functioning.
• B) reading and writing come more easily to the male brain.
• C) males use half the brain space that females use.
• D) females have more cortical areas devoted to spatial-mechanical functioning.

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