# It's official - Men are linear, Women are parallel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863 "2005-01-21T03:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/1 "2005-01-21T03:36:38Z")
[Genders really do think differently - Men use more gray matter, women use more white](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6849058/) > [@](#): > > Men and women do think differently, at least where the anatomy of the brain is concerned, according to a new study. > > The brain is made primarily of two different types of tissue, called gray matter and white matter. This new research reveals that men think more with their gray matter, and women think more with white. Researchers stressed that just because the two sexes think differently, this does not affect intellectual performance. > > Psychology professor Richard Haier of the University of California, Irvine led the research along with colleagues from the University of New Mexico. Their findings show that in general, men have nearly 6.5 times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence compared with women, whereas women have nearly 10 times the amount of white matter related to intelligence compared to men. > > “These findings suggest that human evolution has created two different types of brains designed for equally intelligent behavior,” said Haier, adding that, “by pinpointing these gender-based intelligence areas, the study has the potential to aid research on dementia and other cognitive-impairment diseases in the brain.” > > The results are detailed in the online version of the journal NeuroImage. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/2 "2005-01-21T04:37:54Z")
I’m surprised they didn’t throw out a white meat/dark meat joke. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/3 "2005-01-21T06:42:37Z")
I use mostly the plaid and pinstriped matter. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/4 "2005-01-21T07:07:42Z")
Overly-negative people use anti-matter. Extremely apathetic people use itdoesn’t-matter. ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/5 "2005-01-21T07:40:28Z")
😃 **danceswithcats** ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/6 "2005-01-21T09:27:36Z")
And very very smart people who went to college use alma-matter. Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow don’t hit. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/7 "2005-01-21T09:36:23Z")
Would poets and writers use iambic penta-matter? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Calabi\_Yau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Calabi\_Yau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calabi_Yau)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/8 "2005-01-21T10:26:59Z")
Concerned Greek people use wadsamadder? ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/9 "2005-01-21T13:13:21Z")
Would that mean Goth people use dark matter? ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/10 "2005-01-21T13:32:23Z")
Err… Depressed Goth physicists perhaps? i will not post before coffee i will not post before coffee i will not post before coffee ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/11 "2005-01-21T15:14:10Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I use mostly the plaid and pinstriped matter. 🆒 I think in tweed. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/12 "2005-01-21T17:49:18Z")
I think in rainbow colours! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-men-are-linear-women-are-parallel/285863/13 "2005-01-21T18:09:07Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I think in rainbow colours! You’d better cut down on the Skittles then. I’d love to see if this holds true with transgendered individuals (although I assume the tests must be posthumous?)