The female brain | Iris Sommer | TEDxHaarlem

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Men have a larger brain than women, but does that also make them smarter? Iris Sommer, a professor psychiatry at the University Medical Center in the Netherlands gives great insight on that question. Iris Sommer is psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at University Medical Center Groningen. She is the author of the book The Woman Brain 2020.

Men have a larger brain than women, which means more thinking capacity in all animal species. But in humans is that different, a mystery, because even if there is a difference (men are more spatial imagination) the smaller brain in a woman, does not make her any less smart. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx