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Is Your Brain Male or Female?
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For centuries, men and women seem to have baffled each other. Are boys really better at math and spatial skills? Are girls better at empathy? What makes us have different strengths and weaknesses? ...
For centuries, men and women seem to have baffled each other. Are boys really better at math and spatial skills? Are girls better at empathy? What makes us have different strengths and weaknesses? And are these innate or are they shaped by cultural influences? Dr. Alice Roberts and Dr. Michael Mosley investigate the latest neuroimaging techniques and behavioral studies to determine whether men and women are wired differently. If they are, could this research be harnessed to improve the lives of both men and women?
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd., [2014]
- New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color
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- OCLC
- ocn929722086
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 15, 2015.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Is Your Brain Male or Female? (50:06) -- Gender and Intellect (1:55) -- Nature vs. Nurture Debate (2:22) -- "Male" Brain Experiment (3:40) -- "Female" Brain Experiment (2:18) -- Childhood Toy Choices (3:49) -- Monkey Toy Preference Experiment (3:45) -- Innate Gender Difference Evidence (2:04) -- Masculinized Brain Study (4:15) -- Gender Brain Wiring Study (4:23) -- Gender Brain Development Questions (1:59) -- Gender Perceptions and Life Decisions (2:45) -- Brain Plasticity (4:00) -- Comparing Results (2:07) -- Gender Pain Perception Experiment (3:25) -- Physiological Gender Pain Differences (2:28) -- Gender Medication Differences (3:26) -- Credits: Is Your Brain Male or Female? (0:46)