Thinking Together About Female/Male Differences:
Do They Exist? What Are They? Does It Matter?

Lincoln High School - Bryn Mawr College
March 2001

DO FEMALE AND MALE BRAINS MAKE UP WHAT THEY SEE DIFFERENTLY? - Study 1

PREDICTIONS:

Females/males not different	Females see skull first	Males see skull first
19	4	8

OBSERVATIONS:

Females		Males
skull	mirror	skull	mirror
16	6	11	7

ANALYSIS:

See skull first - of everyone	See skull first - of females	See skull first - of males
67%	73%	61%

CONCLUSIONS:

Different brains do make up things differently
Not all female brains, nor all male brains, make up things the same way
In this class, a greater percentage of female brains than of male brains made up the skull first

QUESTIONS:

Why do different brains make up things differently?
Why did a greater percentage of female brains make up skulls?
Would a greater percentage of female brains in some other population make up skulls?
Would there be differences in percentages of males and females making up different things for other pictures?