14 DAY TRIAL // Those who used to keep themselves entertained by joking about how women have smaller brains than men might wish to remain silent on this issue after learning that the female brain can actually surpass the performances of the male one as far as efficiency is concerned.
Long story short: a study recently made available to the general public by a team of researchers working with the University of California and several universities in Madrid, Spain maintains that, although women have brains roughly 8% smaller than those belonging to men, they can in fact perform various tasks both faster and better.
The specialists who investigated this issue explain that, according to their findings, this is because the neurons which make up a female brain communicate better with one another than the cells found within a male's brain.
Thus, while it is very much true that men have an increased number of bundles of brain cells, women have evolved to grow better connections between their neurons, Daily Mail explains.
Because of this feature of the female brain, women have the ability of completing a given task without having to engage a considerable number of neurons in the process.
As the researchers argue, this also translates into their having to consume less brain energy to achieve a certain goal.
These conclusions concerning the inner working of the female brain were reached after carrying out a series of psychological tests on a total of 104 volunteers aged 18-27.
59 of these volunteers were women, whereas the remainder 45 were men.
The portion of the brain given special attention while carrying out these tests was the hippocampus, which is believed to be in charge of memory, intelligence and behavior.
“The research suggests that, in women, the smaller the hippocampus, the better it works. The size of a structure doesn’t necessarily bear any relation to how well it performs.”
“The smaller size could represent more intense packing of nerve cells or more active signalling between them, meaning they are operating more efficiently.” argued Professor Trevor Robbins of the Cambridge University.