Male Brain vs. Female Brain

## Games

### Experiment: Performance Under Pressure

Kristen and Dax must rearrange numbered blocks from 1 to 25 and do it before a traveling flame ignites a propane-filled balloon. Under pressure, men tend to perform better. Will science prove it right?

Result: Dax completes the puzzle in time, while Kristen lets the pressure gets to her and is unable to complete the puzzle in time.

Why: In timed math, women do worse because they're afraid they'll do worse. This is based on the stereotype threat, which is the fear of proving an old cliche, like women being worse at math. Anxiety can effect women's ability to focus.

#### Stage Mini-Game: First Crush

Lior Schuard tries to guess the name of Kristen Bell's first crush.

Result: He's able to predict it. Corey.

Now Lior tries to guess Dax's first crush.

Result: Same thing. Elizabeth. And as a bonus, her initials.

### Game #1: Memory and Space

Remember the positions of these seven items, then a commercial break happens.

Result: Which items moved?

So: Studies show that women are better then men at recalling locations of objects. The reason for this is because women were gatherers in ancient times.

### Experiment: Spatial Reasoning(Pack the Fridge)

Kristen and Dax must fill their fridges with fake puzzle food pieces. Whoever packs the fridge first... wins!! Dax says he can't spot anything in the fridge, and Kristen agrees. But what will happen?

Result: Dax finishes before Kristen by a long shot.

Why: Studies shows connections between this ability and the parietal lobe, which controls spatial recongition. Men's parietal lobes are larger, which is why they succeed more often.

### Game #2: Color Perception:

This chameleon is going to change color. Choose the number on the scale the moment you see color change.

Result: Depending on your gender, you picked a number that's higher or lower.

Why: Women often observe color change more precisely. Women will likely be closer to the exact number that the chameleon changes color.

### Experiment: Communication Telephone

3 men and 3 women will telephone details to each other. The third person must dress a mannequin. Women are expected to do better at this game. Will this be the case?

Result: The men perform badly. But why? The women do very well. In 8 rounds, the women always won.

Why: Because when they listen, men show activity in the left temporal lobe, associated with listening and speech, and not both. Women use both. That doesn't mean women are better listeners, but it does give guys an excuse. While people think women say more than men, studies show that women and men use the same number of words. Women use more adjectives, while men use more nouns.

### Game #3: Face It

Look at photos of four women. Memorize them and their names. Then a commercial break.

Result: Women did better.

Why: Women outperform men in memory tasks because of Estradiol, which protects the hippocampus and other memory areas.

With the score tied, what will happen?

### Game #4: Watch and Listen

Can your brain watch and listen at the same time?

Result: Odds are you did better if you're a woman.

Why: It takes lots of energy to switch between tasks, and it takes women less energy to do this.

#### Stage Mini-Game: Audience 45

45 men and 45 women take part in a experiment and draw a picture, while lookin at Lior's Shchuard hand.

Result: Women draw trees, while men draw bells, well the majority anyway. Early in the morning, he drew a tree with bells on it.

### Game #5: Sound of A

Do you hear two different sounds in two different clips?

Result: The audio is exactly the same. Ba.

Why: What you see influences what you hear. The effect is stronger on women, who utilize more visual information.

### Experiment: Three's a Charm

Three teams team up, women, men and our duo, Dax and Kristen. Which team will complete the tasks the quickest?

Result: Dax and Kristen win.

Why: Cooperation found that when same-sex pairs team up, they're on the same brain activity. While the male-female pairs don't have the same connection, Dax and Kristen's long cooperation and connection over time may have led them to victory.

### Game #6: Visual Conflict

See how long it takes you to say each of the digits in red.

Result: Easy right.

Now time yourself again, with a conflict.

Result: Hard.

Why: When presented with conflicting visual information, we take longer. The reason for this is the Stroop effect. We evaluate info. Women may have an advantage, because they might be able to get to the answer quicker.

### Experiment: The Gauntlet

Time to test multiple things at once. An obstacle course for the mind.

Kristen's turn.

#### Gyro of Instability:

Kristen is able to pour water into a glass in 10 seconds, even while spinning in a gyro and get all 5 bars.

#### Rock Paper Scissors:

It's kristen vs. Lior

Result: Lior wins 3-0.

#### The Stroop Effect:

Kristen is able to match 10.

Dax's turn.

#### The Stroop Effect:

Dax gets 12.

Final Scores: Dax 16, Kristen 17.

Kristen wins the battle with her gender!!!

## Guest Stars/Experts

* Dax Shepard/Kristen Bell(Contestants)
* Lior Suchard(Mentalist)
* Cara Santa Maria