MEN and the Corpus Callosum

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Registered: 06-22-2004
MEN and the Corpus Callosum
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Sun, 06-26-2005 - 7:10pm

Ok, I'm here to explain men...JUST KIDDING!!! There is no explanation for them..ha.

I had a friend who studied Biology in college. In a class, she learned about the Corpus Callosum...the part of the brain that divides the 2 hemispheres down the middle...ok, apparently, womens are thinner and men's are thicker (maybe that's where the term "thick headed" comes from? I dunno). Anyway, what this supposedly means is that brain messages in women travel across faster b/c there is less to have to "cross" so to speak. Women can handle, for instance, thinking about the kids, the groceries, the plummer, dinner, etc. all about the same time and can process it all while men can only focus on maybe 1 or 2 things really well at a time. Therefore, men might be really really focused and good at doing 1 thing at a time (that's maybe why they act like we're not in existence when they watch tv or are fixing their cars?) while we can take on many tasks at once, sometimes doing them well but sometimes only doing them as good as we are able to at the time. So when act like Neanderthals, which they do most of the time in my opinion, let's remember it might not be their "fault," it might be inherent..but DON'T tell your man that...he'll use it as an excuse in the future when he hasn't listening for the millionth time! It just helps explain some things to me about how women and men process info differently, and of course proved that WE are the superior gender...hehe.

Just an interesting tidbit for you collection...Debbie

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Registered: 11-05-2004
Sun, 06-26-2005 - 7:48pm
Debbie,
I loved your explanation, just want I needed to read, lol. Thanks for the post :)

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Registered: 04-08-2005
Mon, 06-27-2005 - 12:41am

Thanks Debbie, that was very interesting. So maybe that is where "Hard Headed" comes from too...lol.

Olivia

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Registered: 02-10-2005
Tue, 06-28-2005 - 4:58pm

aka, selective hearing!! lol, which my dh totally has. it drives me crazy when he's watching a game or something and i can hear dd saying, "daddy, daddy" umpteen times, from another room mind you, until i have to yell, "she's talking to you, answer her damnit!!!" i get SO mad.

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Registered: 09-21-2004
Wed, 06-29-2005 - 10:55am

Hey, I don't like this! lol


So if mean are thick headed....uh what is filling our space? Air? lol I would rather be known as thick headed then air headed! lol

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