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UNIVERSIT HASSAN I
FACULT DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES
-SETTAT-
SCIENCES ET INGNIERIE DE LENVIRONNEMENT



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Introduction
Brain
The five core brain areas
Values and self esteem

Differences Between the Male and Female Brain
Conflicts/solutions

Conclusion

Introduction



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Brain

The brain is the part of the central nervous
system located in the skull. It controls the mental
processes and physical actions of a human being.


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The five core brain areas





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Memory





Having a better memory can help you remember names, find
locations, and recall important information more quickly .

Scientists have even tied memory to general intelligence.

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Attention





The attention training has a meaningful impact on your ability
to perform well on tests, at sports, and in other visually
demanding activities.

Better attention can also improve your ability to filter out
distraction, thus increasing your productivity at work and
home.

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Speed





Exercising your mental processing speed can help you think
more clearly and quickly, improve reaction time, and increase
awareness.

Brain speed training can help you become sharper at work,
school and throughout your life.

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Flexibility






Flexibility training can make multitasking a breeze, help you
articulate your thoughts better.

Getting better at flexibility can help improve your precision,
cognitive control, and even your creative thinking.

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Problem Solving







Better problem solving skills can help you make quick, accurate
decisions.

Users that have trained their problem solving skills have
reported a better ability to make mental estimates, comparisons,
and calculations.

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Men are different from women




Do men and
women have
different brains ?

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Brain Size : The male brain is typically about ten
percent larger than the female brain.

Mathematical skills : The inferior-parietal lobule,
which controls numerical brain function, is larger in
males than in females.
Language : Women often excel at language-based tasks
for two reasons: two brain areas that deal with language are
larger in females, and females process language in both
hemispheres while males favor a single brain half.
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Female Brain
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Stress : When faced with stressful situations, men
usually employ fight or flight tactics, while women
use a tend or befriend.
Emotions :Since women tend to have a larger deep
limbic system then men, theyre more in touch with
their feelings and are better at expressing their
emotions.
Relationships : Women are purported to have
better communication skills and emotional
intelligence than men.
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Female Brain
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Brain hemispheres: Many men are sharply left-
brain dominant, while women tend to be more evenly
balanced between left and right-brain processing.
Thinking: women tend to be intuitive global thinkers. may
have difficulty separating their personal from problems.
Men tend to focus on one problem at a time, they have an
enhanced ability to separate themselves from problems.
Pain : Men and women perceive pain differently. The area
of the brain that is activated during pain is the amygdala,
and researchers have discovered that in men, the right
amygdala is activated and in women, the left amygdala is
activated.
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Female Brain
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Values and self esteem
A woman's sense of self is
defined through their feelings and
the quality of their relationships.
Women value love,
communication, beauty and
relationships.
Women are more intuitive,
holistic, creative, integrative.
For women, offering help is not
a sign of weakness but a sign of
strength;

A man's sense of self is defined
through his ability to achieve
results.
men are more interested in
objects and things rather than
people and feelings.
Men are more logical, analytical,
rational.
asking for help when you can do
something yourself is a sign of
weakness.

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Conflicts which arise due to basic differences between
men and women
The most frequent complain men
have about women : Women are
always trying to change them.

When a woman tries to change or
improve or give advice to a man, men
hear that they are being told that
they aren't competent.

Housework: men avoid it, try to get
others to do it.

The most frequent complain women
have about men: Men don't listen.


Men always assume women want
advice and solutions to problems, that
is the best way to show love; women
often just want someone to sincerely
listen to them.

Housework: For women, cleanliness
of house is a manifestation of a warm
nest.



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How to work with these differences between men and
women


When women are upset, it is not the
time to offer solutions, though that may
be appropriate at a future time when she
is calmed down.

Women need to receive caring,
understanding, respect, devotion, and
reassurance.

Women are motivated when they feel
special or cherished.

women have needs for intimacy .




Men Women
A man appreciates advice and criticism
when it is requested. Men want to make
improvements when they feel they are
being approached as a solution to a
problem

Men need to receive trust, acceptance,
appreciation, admiration and
encouragement.

Men are motivated when they feel
needed.

Men have great needs for status and
independence.
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Conclusion
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Webography
http://www.minddisorders.com/A-Br/Brain.html
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/461882-improve-your-brain-memory-
attention-speed-flexibility-and-problem
http://www.brainfitnessforlife.com/9-differences-between-the-male-and-
female-brain/
http://newforwomen.blogspot.com/2012/08/8-differences-between-male-
and-female.html
http://www.growthtrac.com/how-to-talk-so-your-husband-will-listen/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/15/girls-boys-think-same-way
http://www.carmenvaughan.com/men_and_women.html





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Coclusion

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