Girls outperform boys academically in 15% of countries, regardless of social standing or gender equality. Boys outperform girls at the highest levels of academic achievement. Women perform better on memory tests and use both sides of the brain equally, while men speak half as many words and gesture less.
You’ve probably already read that girls tend to do better than boys in school. And new research indicates that this is true regardless of equality issues, such as where they live, what their social standing is or how much money their family has. These are the results of a study by American and Scottish psychologists, which examined the test scores of 1.5 million 15-year-olds from around the world and found that the so-called “weaker sex” is academically stronger in 15 per cent of countries. and regions they studied. The findings held true even in places like Jordan and Qatar, which are not renowned for gender equality. In fact, the only three places where boys scored higher than girls were Costa Rica, Colombia and the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. However, there was some good news for boys: At the highest levels of academic achievement, boys outperformed girls.
What is he thinking?:
Women’s brains are typically 14 percent smaller than men’s, but women perform better on memory tests.
Men use the left, or logical, side of the brain more frequently, while women use both sides (logic and emotion) equally.
On average, men speak half as many words as women every day: 4,000 versus 8,000 words. Women also gesture three times as often as men.
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