Different Behaviors, Different Brains?

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Brain changes and behavior changes with Alzheimer's disease


this image represents the average anatomy of an Alzheimers-afflicted brain
(thanks to the Alzheimer's Anatomy Atlas website)

It is not entirely clear which of the brain changes relate to which Alzheimer-typical behavior changes. However, the pictures we've seen certainly indicate that differences in behaviors (exemplified by Alzheimer's disease afflicted brains verses other brains) correlate with differences in behavior. Bear in mind that it is quite difficult to find the exact part of the brains related to different behaviors.

With that caution-- let's now look at two maybe even more interesting subjects:

Gender Differences and Sexual Orientation



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