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10 Things Every Woman Should Know
About a Man's Brain - Part 1 
 
By Robin Nixon  
 
Sep 11, 2012                                                                       Issue 984           

 

Summary of this article

  

It's always interesting to talk about men's brains and women's brains and what we don't know about each other.

 

I have found that I can never think like a woman. It's totally different and often never occurs to me. But at least I realize that it's very different and can accommodate for it instead of expecting her to think or act like a man. It sure helps lessen the clashes that are possible.

 

This is Part 1 of 3 parts to an article about 10 things women should know about men's brains.

  

God bless your family and your marriage.

 

Jim  

 
 

10 Things Every Woman Should Know About a Man's Brain - Part 1

 

By Robin Nixon

 

April 2010

 

Most popular notions about the male brain are based on studies of men ages 18 to 22 - undergrads subjecting themselves to experiments for beer money or course credit.

 

But a man's brain varies tremendously over his life span. Soon after college age it quickly contradicts the image of the single-minded sex addict that circulates in mainstream consciousness.

 

From his wandering eye to his desire to mate for life, here's what you need to know about guys' minds.

 

10. More emotional

 

While females are usually considered the more emotional gender, infant boys are more emotionally reactive and expressive than infant girls, researchers have found.

 

Adult men have slightly stronger emotional reactions, too -- but only before they are aware of their feelings, found a 2008 study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology that closely monitored facial expressions. Once the emotion reaches consciousness, however, men adopt a poker face.

 

When young, boys likely learn to hide emotions that culture considers "unmanly." But tamping down emotion also spurs the body's "fight or flight" response. A man's strong reaction and subsequent suppression may ready him to handle a threat, theorize the 2008 study researchers at Lund University in Sweden.

 

9. More vulnerable to loneliness

 

While loneliness can take a toll on everyone's health and brain, older men seem particularly vulnerable, said Dr. Louann Brizendine, a professor of clinical psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, and author of "The Male Brain" (Broadway, March 2010).

 

Men tend to reach out less than women, which exacerbates loneliness and the toll it takes on their brains' social circuits, she said.

 

Living with women may be particularly helpful. Men in stable relationships tend to be healthier, live longer and have hormone levels that may indicate decreased anxiety, studies have shown.

 

Women might also be good for a guy's gonads. Male mice living with females remained fertile longer than their isolated cousins, found a study published in the Biology of Reproduction in 2009.

 

8. Focused on solutions

 

While many studies suggest that women are more empathetic than men, Dr. Brizendine stresses this is not entirely true. The empathy system of the male brain does respond when someone is stressed or expressing a problem. But the "fix-it" region quickly takes over.

 

"This hub does a Google search of the entire brain to come up with a solution," said Brizendine. As a result, men tend to be more concerned with fixing a problem than showing solidarity in feeling, she said.

 

   

 

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