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03/06/2008: "Women and men biologically different in language use"

Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no
one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.

For the first time -- and in unambiguous findings -- researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Haifa show both that areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than
in boys during language tasks, and that boys and girls rely on different parts of the brain when performing these tasks.

"Our findings -- which suggest that language processing is more sensory in boys and more abstract in girls -- could have major implications for teaching children and even provide support for advocates of single sex classrooms," said Douglas D. Burman, research associate in Northwestern's Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

[ Nothing is equal. Equality is boredom, false safety and a lack of options. Inequality means wide open spaces and frontiers to explore. ]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080303120346.htm