Sexes of one mind after all

02 December 2015 - 02:27
By Camilla Turner, ©The Daily Telegraph

It has long been an accepted mantra that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. But, if you look at the overall structure of the brain, those of both sexes are generally the same, a new study suggests.Although specific parts show sex differences, an individual brain only rarely has all "male" traits or all "female" traits, researchers say.

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