It seems there's a biological basis for the common and often times comic belief that men and women think differently. According to Dr. Larry Cahill of the University of California, Irvine, men and women use different sides of a brain structure called the amygdala to store emotional memories. In his study, Cahill had men and women watch movies and then traced their brain activity using a PET scan.
Men seem to have a different pattern.
As things get more emotional, they seem to be focusing in like a flashlight beam on the gist of the story more at the expense of details. Cahill says their results are preliminary and more study is needed. For Science Today, I'm Larissa Branin. This is Science Today. A new study suggests older women who actively take part in one preventive measure, like taking calcium supplements, are more likely to engage in others - like getting regular mammograms.