Chick brains vs. dude brains

Anthropologist Helen Fisher has an interesting TED talk available for free online. Her subject is mostly the differences among sexual, romantic, and attachment love. But she spends part of her time talking about the gender differences in the human brain.

Here’s an excerpt from her talk, which has enormous relevance for the thinking styles described in AWNM:

“Because the female parts of the brain are better connected, they tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patters, see more options and outcomes. They tend to be contextual, holistic thinkers, what I call ‘web thinkers.’ Men tend . . . to get rid of what they regard as extraneous,focus on what they do, and move in a more step by step thinking pattern.”