... information is organized in some coherent form, or has a special relevance to them. These differences are not new to people anymore. In fact, as early as 1882, the first systematic tests to explore sex differences were already being conducted by Francis Gatton at the South Kensington Museum in London. He identified a few significant differences favoring men in strength of grip, sensitivity ... Dominance 8 researcher into the subject has concluded that the brains of men and women are different. (Moir, 1991) In the 1950's, Dr. D. Wechsler, an American scientist who developed the IQ test m...

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... was focused on language. This discovery was made by studying patients suffering from a stroke on different sides of the brain. More modern measurements demonstrated this correlation, showing that men's verbal IQ suffered by 20 percent when there was a stroke on the left side of the brain. Again, women do not show such a dramatic drop in language skill. Scientists were confident that ... about girls' better hearing is revisited in this chapter. Researchers found that baby girls responded more to music and tones in the 1000 to 4000 Hz range. Knowledge of these tests can be used to help us...

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