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In a part of the temporal lobe associated with language skills, women's brains contain up to 11% more brain cells than men's brains. This does not necessarily mean that women are smarter than men, but it does show they are different.
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Males are faster at solving problems involving some types of spatial perceptions than are women.
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Women are two to three time more likely to experience depression than are men.
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Depression may not be as gender-linked as commonly thought, however.
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The gender difference emerges around the age of 15.
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Portions of the left brain hemisphere are more prominent in males. Some investigators correlate this with a reported greater hemispheric specialization at earlier ages in males and the lower incidence in females of developmental disorders associated with language deficits--known to be associated with the left hemisphere.
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Age-related loss of brain volume is significantly greater in men than women in whole brain and frontal and temporal lobes,
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