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Q; WHY left hemisphere language?

Dag Stenberg stenberg at cc.Helsinki.FI
Sat Feb 18 09:29:04 EST 1995


Ernie Ondrias (75112.2611 at CompuServe.COM) wrote:
} Don't know if you caught it on the news recently (last day or two 
} or three) but some newer real-time MRI scans have shown that 
} males and females process language differently,i.e; using 
} different parts of the brain - women process language "more 
} holistically" than males - why ????  

Could someone provide us with a critical analysis of that MRI finding?
I think the implications have been greatly exaggerated (as usual in the
media). 
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