Men and Women Really Do Think Differently By Bjorn Carey Men and women do think differently. The brain is made primarily of gray matter and white matter. Men think more with their gray matter, and women think more with white. 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 men have 6.5 times the amount of gray matter compared with women who have 10 times the amount of white matter compared to men. ". . . human evolution has created two different types of brains designed for equally intelligent behavior," said Haier. In human brains, gray matter represents information processing centers, whereas white matter works to network these processing centers. This study may help in why men and women excel at different types of tasks. For example, men tend to do better with tasks requiring more localized processing, such as mathematics, while women are better at integ...
Wesley Morris' review of Hairspray in the Boston Globe is about one young girl's discovery of her whiteness and the privilege it grants her and denies non-whites. Hairspray has taken in $27 million after one week and is currently ranked 3rd at the box office.
NEWPORT NEWS -- Davon Boddie, a cousin of NFL quarterback and Newport News native Michael Vick, says he's sorry. He wants to apologize to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and to Atlanta Falcons fans for his involvement in launching a dogfighting investigation at Vick's Surry County property. "I want him (Goodell) to know that everything going on is really my fault," said 26-year-old Boddie, who spoke to the Daily Press on Thursday afternoon. "I want to apologize to Atlanta Falcons fans for what's going on. It's a lot of drama." Boddie, who now lives in Newport News, denied involvement in dogfighting. "There is no dogfighting," he said. "There's nothing of that nature." Boddie said the attention is casting a negative light on Vick. "They're just making Michael look like something he's not," Boddie said. "Michael is the type of dude who would do his sit-ups and crunches every night, read his Bible and go to ...
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