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Do men and women have different brains?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Women's Brains Work Faster Than Men

Men have approximately six point five times more gray matter than women, a and the gray matter is is the part of the brain that is active. That doesn't make women dullards. In fact, women have about ten times more white matter Than men do. Another reason why women's brains u seem to work faster is because we have up to a 12 % more neurons than men. Physically, our neurons are just more, a, more condensed and more tightly packed into our brains than men. So maybe that makes up for the size difference. Men have larger brains, but we have more neurons in a smaller space, yes.

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