Originally posted by: ForumMaster
and, ofcourse:
There are, however, advantages to being the strong, silent type. Dr Brizendine explains that testosterone also reduces the size of the section of the brain involved in hearing - allowing men to become "deaf" to the most logical of arguments put forward by their wives and girlfriends.
this was written by a woman. biased. i know so many woman that have never heard of the word logic in their life.
Also, is the author talking about actual hearing, like picking up sounds; because I would think that since men were the hunters in hunter-gatherer societies, men would have a far more acute sense of hearing than women. For example trying to listen for the footsteps of prey (men) is far more difficult than listening to someone speak (women). But alas, I am no expert in this stuff.
Another thing:
The areas responsible for communication, emotion and memory are all pared back the unborn baby boy.
What type of memory is she talking about, there are many kinds.
I cant remember names very well at all, but I am very good a remembering the faces of people I've seen before (i just cant put a name to the face

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Also, I think its been proven that men have greater ability to remember landmarks which allowed for better path finding during hunts during the Hunter-Gatherer societies.