In the movie the Sixth Sense Bruce Willis could see the dead, women are said to have a sixth sense that they are larger sensory acuity but how true is this myth?
start with the sense of smell, men's perfume ads always seem to be involved more women than men and it seems that in this case do so with reason. Although this effect is not related to differences in the habituation / adaptation to the stimulus, usually a couple of minutes after entering the gym locker room noticed the whiff of any job well done, indeed the difference is in sensitivity, women are able to perceive smells less intense, especially when they are ill but it is not clear whether this difference is due to changes in the construction / brain activity or a greater number of olfactory receptors, or the hormonal changes of menstrual cycle. (Ref. 1).
also the sensitivity to pain appears to be different, but here the causes are not so clear. Although the hormonal component may affect nerve pathways related to pain perception (ref 2) and women are more susceptible to inflammatory processes that generate pain response (especially autoimmune diseases like lupus, fibromyalgia ...) also has been that the social and personal perception influences the experience of pain. Thus it is socially frowned upon for a man shows weakness, that is, to express pain, while women are naturally weak beings and it is normal to complain if it hurts (ref. 3 .) So I guess when some men spend hours complaining about how unwell they are by a simple cold is not experiencing pain because it not?
; Our brain, "designed to be moved"
Another widely discussed and researched rationality versus emotionality is the one against the other sex. And most of the studies found differences in the way that both sexes face conflicts of an emotional nature and anatomic level differences. For example, we found differences in activation in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC, and other areas) where men and women had to reconcile the working memory (remembering a series of words) with a negative emotion. So women hyperactivity these areas associated with emotion (OFC, amygdala) while men concentrated areas of activation in cognitive control regions (ref. 4 ). Another area of \u200b\u200bprefrontal have been differences is the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), related to each other with the expression of positive emotions, the strength of emotional impulses and especially the kind of emotional control strategies, which may be from removing or re-evaluation. The size of this area vmPFC correlates with the mechanism of emotional control, the larger the increased use of re-evaluation strategies and vice versa now Can you become an idea of \u200b\u200bwho uses preferably each type of strategy? exactly, it was found that men who reported suppression strategies used most often had lower vmPFC (ref. 5 ).
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This paragraph and biology, therefore, seem to suggest that females are primarily emotional beings and that this component dominates and therefore limited, cognitive aspects. Two feedback: one, that the emotional brain is as important (or more) as the rational brain in decision-making (for a summary of the complexity of decision making and the importance of the emotional brain recommend How we decide and Blink ) and two right last by which these differences can be seen running between the brain of each other are not purely biological: As in the case of pain culture, education and gender roles play an important role when modeling the behavior. Or do you educate children not to cry, to not display emotions in public and girls to display candy and use the resource of candor as a means to get what they want?
On the effect and influence of gender bias in the behavior and perception talk another day, you will see that its scope is far greater than it seems.
nice weekend!
On the effect and influence of gender bias in the behavior and perception talk another day, you will see that its scope is far greater than it seems.
nice weekend!
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