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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (44703)	7/9/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You're right, Charles, there was such research on the corpus callosum. Your question inspired me to run a quick web search. Here is one item that seems to accept the theory that it is larger in women: genderweb.org But, the following indicates that researchers may have been jumping to premature, or downright incorrect, conclusions: indiana.edu

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (44703)	7/10/1999 9:43:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<I don't recall the specifics, but the researchers said this extra width allowed women to use both hemispheres in the brain simultaneously while men could only use one hemisphere at a time.>> Ah, laughing out loud, really!! This explains SO much. Last night our dear old Volvo broke down while we were going up a very steep hill. Usually as reliable as the tank it is, it simply totally and finally died, and could not be restarted. Now I was concerned about the car, but really, having a cell phone and a credit card, we were able to call a tow truck and then a cab, so we were in no real danger or even discomfort. We had just stopped at World Wrapps and were on our way home with delicious rice bowls, so my daughter and I stood under a very nice tree in front of a row of old Victorian houses and enjoyed the food, the sunset, brief kind gestures of assistance from area residents, and a philosophical discussion about witchcraft. My husband paced back and forth beside the car in a proprietary way, let his food get cold and could focus on nothing but the car. If a real witch had ridden right across the sky on the archetypal broomstick, he would have been oblivious!