Hi all,
I just had a general question come up this morning, more
for myself than my students, although I did say I would
look into it for them, so I'm hoping someone out there
may have some information on the matter.
I was talking to my class, 2nd year child development class,
about the growth of the corpus callosum in early childhood.
One student told me that she remembered from Intro Psych
that she was told that it is actually thicker in women
than it is in men. This difference apparently accounts for
why men do not always say what is on their minds, whereas
women tend to be more emotionally upfront about things.
I told the class that it made sense to me, but honestly hadn't
heard of such a gender difference before.
Anyone out there familiar with this idea or any actual empirical
studies on the matter?
Thanks in advance,
Mike Lee, MA
Dept. of Psychology
Uinversity of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
