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Kalidurga

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1. Women actually have larger brains relative to their size

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:35 PM

Dec 2014

that doesn't really make sense to me in context of how much of the brains work is devoted to running a person's body and how little is actually for thinking. In other words a larger body requires a larger brain just to cover body functions like breathing. Maybe there is some newer research I am unaware of that explains the discrepancy.

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"Women just aren't as smart." [View all] yuiyoshida Dec 2014 OP

Women actually have larger brains relative to their size Kalidurga Dec 2014 #1

Women also have smaller hands & feet than men b/c they're usually smaller over all, but not always. appalachiablue Dec 2014 #2