From: Josh Martin (martin.907@osu.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 17:42:11 MST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Michael M. Butler
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:41 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: Men do hear, but differently
>
>
> 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.
Interesting, because tests involving strings of numbers or melodies played
to both ears show that the right hemisphere is better at recognizing and
reproducing melodies. I'm sure it would be easy to test this claim.
JPM
>
> 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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