There has also been research (of quality unknown to me) that purportedly
indicates that Japanese people process language and music in the same
hemisphere. This has naturally (humans being humans) been used by some
to declare superiority compared to Western thought processes.
I don't have any more info on this at the moment, but I'm sure someone
could turn some up.
Josh Martin wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Anders Sandberg
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:29 AM
> > To: extropians@extropy.org
> > Subject: Re: Men do hear, but differently
> >
> >
> > Amara asked:
> > >
> > >http://www.medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/archive_00/men_hear
> > ing00.html
> > > > Interesting about the hearing ... Now what about speech ?
> > > > What part of the brains do men and women utilize for speaking?
> > > > Amara
> >
> > I think they are roughly the same, but the studies mentioned in
> > http://web.missouri.edu/~psycorie/brain.html suggest that in women the
> > language system is more distributed (with exceptions like Wernicke's
> > and Broca's areas). My guess is that in women the network is more
> > bilateral and less easily disrupted by the failure of a single region.
>
> You are correct, sir. The general trend is that men are more
> visual-spatially oriented, while women are more verbally oriented. Women
> also have a more bi-laterally distributed brain in general, both
> visual-spatially and verbally. Damage to the left hemisphere in males
> usually spares almost all visual-spatial abilities, while damaging verbal,
> while women lose some of both types of abilities. The reverse is true for
> right hemisphere damage: men mostly spare verbal, lose visual, women, a bit
> of both. The higher lateralization in men is also the reason why they make
> better split-brain subjects.
>
> I can provide references, if anyone so desires.
>
> JPM
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