This activity takes a look at the age-old question of gender differences.

QUIZ

First of all you can do a quiz to find out what sex your brain is. Click here to start the quiz. When you finish the quiz click on the “Atras” button to come back.

VIDEO

Now listen to an explanation of how different men and women’s brains are. (Please note, to start the listening activity you need to sign up as a member of “sciencentral” website – it’s easy to do and all you need to supply is your email and a password, it’s free and access is immediate.)

Start listening by clicking here.

When you have finished the listening, you can close the video screen and READ a summary of what it said in the video.

READING

Scientists have discovered that only 78 genes separate men from women.

For a humourous look at what these gene differences mean, the BBC asked online readers to write in with their ideas about what these differences are. You can read about them here.

And for something more scientific, look here.