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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] The fact is, the language center of a typical boy's brain at 5 looks like the language center of a typical girl's brain at 3 [/quote] Citation please.[/quote] This is based on a discussion in Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax. He cites to a 2007 study done by NIMH in which brain imaging was performed on a group of children over a number of years to map progressive development. One of the findings noted in the study was the different development trajectories in boys and girls. In particular, areas of the brain develop in a different sequence and tempo. For example (although multiple differences were found), the pace of the girls' development in the parietal gray matter -- associated with integrating information from sensory modalities -- was roughly two years ahead of boys' development in the same area during early years. The children were followed from age 3 to age 27.[/quote]
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