• Question: Is there a difference between Europian brains and asian brains?

    Asked by tszyninja25 to Fiona, Joanna, Michelle, William on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by xxxx.
    • Photo: Fiona Randall

      Fiona Randall answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Everyone’s brains are different, depending on the experiences we have in our lives. The basic connectivity is the same but we all grow up to adapt to our environment 🙂

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      William Davies answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      There are differences in the genes which affect brain development between the two groups, so I don’t see why there shouldn’t be. We accept that asians and europeans differ in terms of skin colour, eye shape etc. so why not brain function? working out exactly how the two groups differ in terms of their brain function and behaviour would be difficult though given that behaviour may be strongly influenced by culture as well as genes

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      Michelle Murphy answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      I honestly don’t know but I doubt it. I guess there would be differences in genes and abilitys and preferences. The general functions would still be the same and all the same components would be there.

    • Photo: Joanna Brooks

      Joanna Brooks answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Hello! The only difference is that people from different countries would have a different language ‘library’ like English or French or Dutch – but in terms of brain structure everything is the same.

      BTW did you do the quiz to find out what sex your brain is? Follow the link!
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml

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