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It’s not entirely clear what that means. There is a measurable size difference in that statistically male humans have slightly larger brains than female humans
by austincheney 5y ago
It’s not entirely clear what that means.
There is a measurable size difference in that statistically male humans have slightly larger brains than female humans but there is not a measurable distinction of mass thereby indicating female brains comprise higher density brain tissue. To my knowledge there isn’t a correlation in that sex density difference to observed performance measures.
- tgv 5y agoI've always understood the average difference in brain mass is in the order of 15%. > observed performance measures I only know of higher variation in male performance. But since we can't even define intelligence beyond some coarse and hard to quantify concepts, I don't think there's a sufficiently firm conclusion to reach from small differences in average intelligence in relation to brain size or mass (which seem to only reach an r^2 of 0.1).
- rlonn 5y agoHigher density means faster computation but also potential overheating issues. If the clock frequency is the same of course.