Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Men, Women and Innate Differences. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 3 page research paper. Feminists have long maintained that the only innate differences between the sexes are the obvious biological factors and that differences between the expected gender roles are entirely due to social conditioning. Are there innate differences between the sexes? And, if so, what effect would these differences have on an individual's aptitudes, choices and abilities in both their personal and professional lives? The writer looks at what current research indicates and discusses these questions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khingend.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
between the sexes? And, if so, what effect would these differences have on an individuals aptitudes, choices and abilities in both their personal and professional lives? Answering these questions requires
consideration of the latest data provided by cognitive brain research. Over the last three decades, the investigation of neuroanatomy has undergone revolutionary progress due to the advent of new
imaging technologies, such as "x-ray, computed tomography (CT, also called CAT scanning), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET)" (Allen, Bruss and Damasio, 2004, p. 246). Using MRI
techniques, scientists can get a clear picture of brain structure, which includes the proportions of "gray matter (mostly neuronal cell bodies), white matter (mostly nerve fibers insulated by fatty myelin,
plus supporting cells" and cerebrospinal fluid" (Allen, Bruss and Damasio, 2004, p. 246). MRI research, as well as postmortem studies, indicate that the average male brain is larger than
the average female brain, even when the variable of body size is considered and, also, women tend to have more gray matter than do their male counterparts (Allen, Bruss and
Damasio, 2004). A sizeable band of white matter, the corpus callosium, connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain and early studies seemed to suggest this band was larger
in women than men; however, recent studies have demonstrated that the opposite is true: i.e., the brain structure is roughly 10 percent larger in men (Allen, Bruss and Damasio, 2004).
On the other hand, the this area f the brain makes up a larger percentage of the overall brain matter in women (Allen, Bruss and Damasio, 2004). When
differences in male and female brain structure were first discovered in the 1980s, scientists speculated that supposedly larger band of white matter in female brains meant that, in women, the
...