Sources for New Paper

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=girl-brain-boy-brain
     This article discusses not only the differences among males and females relating to brain structure, but also how these differences emerge. Some portions of the brain that differ among genders are innately programmed into our heads and we appear to inherit it biologically. Other studies show that culture, or learned behavior, effects the inconsistancies in parts of the brain.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110111133029.htm
     This article discusses a series of tests that related our sense of touch to identifying males and females. Tests showed that the hardness, or roughness, of a feeling effects our preception of males and females. Many participants were shown pictures of gender-neutral people and asked to identify their sex. If the person was squeezing or pressing something hard they were more likely to associate the image with a male. The other participants in the same study who were given soft objects were more likely to associate the same images with females.
     Since, I am not sure of my thesis quite yet I do not know if this source would necessarrily tie into my paper. However, if I chose to prove that the differences in men and women is perseptual rather than biological this article may make this thesis stronger.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/310/5749/819.full
     This article relates the differences in brain structure and utilization to autism. The differences in brain structure may only be slightly different but the way in which we use our brains varies. Women focus on the parts of the brain that empathize, whereas male brains systemize. Since the differences in how we relate structure to function are becoming more prevalent, we are gaining a better understanding of what makes someone autistic and which gender/ people are likely to be auutistic. The article goes into great detail on the different categories that males excell in against females as well as explaining how such differences might occur.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/inside_the_male_brain_female_brain_jvGvOr2EQM8J8SVWGdzYYI
     This article starts out by stating that male and female brain structure only differs by 1%. However, this has a very dramatic effect on our thought process. Women have more white matter, while males have more gray matter. Gray matter is associated with logic and informational processing. This is why men typically excell in math and science. The article discusses many ways that the differences in our brain relate to function and why different genders enjoy and excell at different tasks. It also shows large diagrams of both male and female brain structure and captions how they differ, and what this means in relation to day to day activities.

http://www.squidoo.com/malefemalebrain
     This article was similar to the first that I read because they both put a stong emphasis on how the differences in our brains begins when we are very young. It is not only men and women, but also girls and boys who have different brain structures. There are some biological factors in why the brain differs in gender but most aspects are cultural. The way we are nurtured as children effects our behavior as adults. The artical also explains how the brain differences effect our interactions and relationships as adults.