I don’t quite know how I feel about this article yet, but I thought I would pass it on and get the conversation started. Comments anyone??
Boys' brains and girls' brains and language learning
– March 7, 2008Posted in: Uncategorized
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RT @plautmaayan: Oh NICE. If anyone wants to follow along with today's sessions live, visit http://t.co/eTtCFk4V. #umwfa12
2 days ago
@mburtis @jmcclurken @AnandRao @LangLabUnleashd I'm so sorry. You're one of the big reasons I come :)
2 days ago
Fever has set in with stomach flu. Definitely won't be at FA tomorrow. Heads up to co-presenters: @jmcclurken @AnandRao @LangLabUnleashd
2 days ago
Interesting to think about language processing differences between “boys and girls”. I don’t see evidence in this article that the differences are biological in nature as claimed in the first sentence (neither do I see evidence against it).
I found the comment that “areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than in boys during language tasks” interesting in terms of the language used in the sentence. “Works harder” sounds like it’s trickier for girls. If someone was saying that boys tend to do better on standardized math testing, would they say their brains have to “work harder”? I doubt it. I also haven’t heard too many people suggesting we change our math tests to cater to women’s (as a generalized group) math strengths.