Boys and Girls Process Language in Different Parts of Brain
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When children make language mistakes, girls use the part of the brain used for declarative memory or tasks like memorizing words and associations while boys use procedural memory and the part associated with governing the rules of language, Georgetown University neuroscientists have discovered. The findings, published in Developmental Science, may help to explain why women tend to be better at tasks such as recalling lists of words, and further suggest that men and women may process various tasks differently.
Read more: Study of Language Use in Children Suggests Sex Influences How Brain Processes Words ABSTRACT: Why girls say 'holded' more than boys SHARE:
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