The Trouble with Boys
• Get 70% of D’s and F’s.
70% двоек у мальчиков
• Make up 80% of discipline problems
80% проблем с дисциплиной
• Make up 70% of learning disabilities
70% нарушений обучаемости
• Make up 80% of those on Ritalin
80% тех кому назначен Риталин
• Are 1 to 1 ? years behind
s in reading and writing
1 до полутора лет отставаний от девочек в навыках чтения и письма
• Make up 80% of HS dropouts
80% ухода из старшей школы не получив аттестата
• By adolescence, a
’s corpus callosum is 25 percent larger than a boy’s. The corpus callosum is the bundle of nerves that sends signals across the two parts of the brain. This enables more “cross talk” between hemispheres. Because of the greater cross talk,
s are able to multitask better than boys. -
к подростковому возрасту мозолистое тело у девочек на 25% больше чем у мальчиков
• Girls have fewer attention span problems and can make faster transitions between lessons.
• Stronger neural connectors create better listening skills, more detailed memory storage, and better discrimination among the tones of voice.
• A
’s stronger neural connectors and a larger hippocampus provide greater use of sensory memory details in speaking and writing.
• Girls’ prefrontal cortex develops earlier and is larger than boys’.
• Girls have more serotonin and make fewer impulsive decisions than boys. Teenagers don’t think of the consequences of their actions.
They act on impulse. It is the serotonin and oxytocin that tell a teenager to slow down and think about what could happen if they did something. “Our jobs as adults is to serve as external frontal lobes.”
Девочки менее импульсивны чем мальчики
• A
’s brain also experiences approximately 15% more blood flow, which is located in more centers of the brain than a boy’s.
Кровообращение мозга у девочек на 15% лучше чем у мальчиков
• With more cortical areas devoted to verbal functioning,
s are better at: sensory memory, sitting still, listening, tonality, mental cross talk, and the complexities of reading and writing, i.e. the very skills and behaviors often rewarded in schools.