Sexual differences in Brain Development
Posted on August 23, 2008 - Filed Under Finance
Whilst physical development of the brain is largely complete by age five, there are further well established intervals of intellectual development at ages 6 to 8, 10 to 12 and 14 to 16. It seems that we should try to ensure that educational stimuli should be timed to coincide with these natural periods of development.
It is worth noting that psychological researcher H.T. Epstein, has pointed out that the brain development of girls at age 11 is up to twice that of boys, whilst something like the converse is true at age 15. This could argue for a different curriculum for girls at these ages, with a much more complex and challenging input at 11 and less intensity at 15.
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