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Yes, I appreciate that it's a bit of a copycat of the right brained/left brained thread(s), and moreover it's probably been done before, but I only found this the other day and I found it interesting anyway.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/index_chooselogin.shtml

I got 50% female brain apparently, although I'm male.

I got 25 male brain this time. Did it a long time ago, then I got 50 or 75 male brain so my brain has been somewhat womanized.

And yeah, I'm a male.

I got the 0 in between the male and female sides. I guess that means it's even? Is there a poll option here for that?

My empathizing score was higher than the average for men but lower than the average for women, and my systemizing score was higher than the averages for both men and women.

Also, my index fingers are longer than my ring fingers... my ratio was like 1.06 and 1.04, but the averages for both men and women were below 1.

I did better on 3D shapes than the average for men and women, but I did worse than both on the eyes, the angles, and the "spot the difference"

Of course on the attractiveness part there's no option for asexuals, so I had to just bubble "only just prefer" randomly.

I got the 0 in between the male and female sides. I guess that means it's even? Is there a poll option here for that?

My empathizing score was higher than the average for men but lower than the average for women, and my systemizing score was higher than the averages for both men and women.

Also, my index fingers are longer than my ring fingers... my ratio was like 1.06 and 1.04, but the averages for both men and women were below 1.

I did better on 3D shapes than the average for men and women, but I did worse than both on the eyes, the angles, and the "spot the difference"

Of course on the attractiveness part there's no option for asexuals, so I had to just bubble "only just prefer" randomly.
Whoops - I thought 7 options would be too cluttered. I thought none of the above would cover it.

I got a mixture of things, I did really badly on the angles but really well on the 3d shapes. Really badly at the empathising, but also quite badly at the systemising - must just mean I'm a thicko. my fingers are about the smae length and apparently I prefer masculine faces.

Whoops - I thought 7 options would be too cluttered. I thought none of the above would cover it.

I got a mixture of things, I did really badly on the angles but really well on the 3d shapes. Really badly at the empathising, but also quite badly at the systemising - must just mean I'm a thicko. my fingers are about the smae length and apparently I prefer masculine faces.

That's ok. None of the above should work. I'm female by the way. :)

It says I prefer masculine faces but as I'm not attracted to anyone so just had to fill in random bubbles that whole section really doesn't mean anything for me.

Angles

My score: 20 out of 20
Average score for men: 15.1 out of 20
Average score for women: 13.3 out of 20

What does your result suggest?

If you scored 0 - 12: You have more of a female brain. Scientists believe that people with a female brain find it more difficult to judge the slope of a line because they're not wired for spatial tasks. In past studies, 65 per cent of people who scored in this range were women.

If you scored 13 - 17: You found this test neither hard nor easy. This suggests your brain has male and female traits when it comes to spatial ability.

If you scored 18 - 20: You have more of a male brain. On average, men outperform women in this task and those with more mathematical knowledge tend to score quite high as well. In past studies, 60 per cent of the people in this range were men.


Spot the difference

This task tested your ability to identify which objects changed position. You lost points, if you incorrectly identified objects.
My score: 57%
Average score for men: 39%
Average score for women: 46%

What does your score suggest?

If you scored between 0 - 33%: You may have more of a male brain. Scientists say men tend to under perform in this task.
If you scored between 34 - 66%: You may have a balanced female-male brain.
If you scored between 67 - 100%: Those with a female-type brain generally score in this range.


Hands

You said your left thumb was on top when you clasped your hands together.

Right thumb on top: This suggests the left half of your brain is dominant. Many studies have tried to establish whether there is a relationship between handedness and brain dominance. Some scientists believe that if you are left brain dominant, you would be more verbal and analytical.

Left thumb on top: This suggests the right half of your brain is dominant. Some studies theorise that as a right brain dominant person, you may excel in visual, spatial and intuitive processes.


Empathising

My empathy score is: 6 out of 20
Average score for men: 7.9 out of 20
Average score for women: 10.6 out of 20

What does your result suggest?

Empathisers are better at accurately judging other people's emotions and responding appropriately. If you scored 15 and above, you are very empathic and would be an ideal person to comfort people in a time of crisis. Women in general are better at empathising.

Systemising

My systemising score is: 15 out of 20
Average score for men: 12.5 out of 20
Average score for women: 8.0 out of 20

What does your result suggest?

Systemisers prefer to investigate how systems work. A system can be a road map, flat pack furniture, or a mathematical equation – anything that follows a set of rules. A score of 15 and above suggests you're good at analysing or building systems. Men in general are better at systemising.

Eyes

This task tested your ability to judge people's emotions.
Your score: 7 out of 10
Average score for men: 6.6 out of 10
Average score for women: 6.6 out of 10

What does your result suggest?

If you scored 0 - 3: Do you think you're good at judging how another person is feeling? Your score suggests this doesn't come to you quite so naturally.

If you scored 4 - 6: Your result suggests you have a balanced female-male brain and find it neither easy nor difficult to judge people's emotions.

If you scored 7 - 10: Your result suggests you are a good empathiser, sensitive to other people's emotions. Women generally fall into this category.

Funny how this test says I'm a good empathiser, yet the previous one rates me as extremely low on empathy skills.

Fingers

We asked you to measure your ring and index fingers. Your ratios came to:
Right Hand: 0.97
Left Hand: 0.98

Average ratio for men: 0.982
Average ratio for women: 0.991

It's thought that your ratio is governed by the amount of testosterone you were exposed to in your mother's womb. The ratio of the length of your index finger to the length of your ring finger is set for life by as early as three months after conception. Even during puberty, when we experience intensive hormonal changes, the ratio stays the same.

Men generally have a ring finger that is longer than their index finger, which gives them a lower ratio than women, whose ring and index fingers are usually of equal length.

Studies have found that men and women with lots of brothers (I have two older brothers, and my Dad has 5 brothers) generally have more masculine finger ratios.


Faces

My choices suggest I prefer more feminine faces.

Highly masculinised male faces possess more extreme testosterone markers such as a long, broad and lower jaw, as well as more pronounced brow ridges and cheekbones.

Interestingly, women's preferences are said to vary across the menstrual phase. A more masculine face is preferred during the 9 days prior to ovulation, when conception is most likely.

A typical 'attractive' female face possesses features such as a shorter, narrower, lower jaw, fuller lips and larger eyes than an average face.


3D shapes

This task tested your ability to mentally rotate 3D shapes.

My score: 12 out of 12
Average score for men: 8.2 out of 12
Average score for women: 7.1 out of 12

Words

This task looked at your verbal fluency.

My score: you associated 14 word(s) with grey and you named 11 word(s) that mean happy, 25 words total.
Average score for men: 11.4 words total
Average score for women: 12.4 words total

What does your result suggest?

If you produced 1 - 5 words: You are more of the strong, silent type with a male brain. You probably find it easier to express yourself in non-verbal ways, preferring action rather than words.

If you produced 6 - 10 words: Most people in this range have a female-type brain.

Ultimatum
This task asked you how you would divide money.
If you had to split £50 with someone, you said you would demand £24

So far on the Sex ID test, men have demanded 51.6% (£25.80) of the pot and women have demanded 51.0% (£25.50), on average.

i was dead average for the female brain.

Well I got 50 in favour of the male brain, which is good (yayz! I'm male)!

Although some of the questions didn't really seem to mean anything. The money question at the end, what did THAT have to do with having a male or female brain? :confused:

I got 0 right in the middle. On the tests where women were supposed to outscore men, I got a low score. On the tests where men were supposed to outscore women, I got a pretty good score.

I did really horrible on the word association part. I could only think of one word relating to grey, and 6 words relating to happy.

On the spot the difference, I only found 7 out of the 14 misplaced objects.

I did really good on the angles test.

Looks like I am exactly average for female brain.

I guess that's good?

I got the 0 in between the male and female sides. I guess that means it's even? Is there a poll option here for that?
Me too.

Of course on the attractiveness part there's no option for asexuals, so I had to just bubble "only just prefer" randomly.
Interesting, you can't judge if a person is attractive or not?

I can judge the attractiveness of both men and women and even like looking at attractive women even though I'm not interested in kissing or sex as it just doesn't appeal to me.

Comparing those faces creeped me out though, it was the same face but... different. :confused:
Although some of the questions didn't really seem to mean anything. The money question at the end, what did THAT have to do with having a male or female brain? :confused:
I guess the theory is that males are supposed to be more aggressive and will try to grab more for themselves while females are supposed to be more caring and will share more.

So plenty of males have "female" brains, and plenty of females have "male" brains, and most people have brains that are partly "male" and partly "female."

It's almost as if those labels are complete and total bunk...

Interesting, you can't judge if a person is attractive or not?

I can judge the attractiveness of both men and women and even like looking at attractive women even though I'm not interested in kissing or sex as it just doesn't appeal to me.

Comparing those faces creeped me out though, it was the same face but... different. :confused:


Usually I can vaguely tell if they ask who is more attractive, but they were asking who I prefer. I don't prefer anyone. I think that was a stupid question anyway. I'd have to pretend they weren't actually people to judge which is more conventionally attractive or whatever, but I don't have any sort of gut feeling about it, and that would seem mean to me.

So plenty of males have "female" brains, and plenty of females have "male" brains, and most people have brains that are partly "male" and partly "female."

It's almost as if those labels are complete and total bunk...

Yeah, I got that thought as well. The twenty or so questions that we were asked in the middle of the test seemed to be stereotypical, as in if you like working on cars = male brain, if you don't, female brain.

About 25 on the male side (I'm male, thankfully).

I'm only posting because I'm pleased that I got 100% in the spot the difference. Which apparently makes me female brained...but then, I got full marks in the 3D shapes bit too, so I guess it evens out :-)

I got 0, nothing either way.

Done good in the angles and spot the difference tests, but bad in the 3D shapes and word comparison.

I was also told that I prefer masculine faces... Damn PC called me GEY11!!!

The test condtradicted itself too... I got 4/20 for empathazing from the questions, and then 8/10 for the eyes... One told me I was a crap empathizer, the other that I was pretty good.. :P

Yeah, I got that thought as well. The twenty or so questions that we were asked in the middle of the test seemed to be stereotypical, as in if you like working on cars = male brain, if you don't, female brain.

*nod*

Bunk.

I got 0, nothing either way.

Done good in the angles and spot the difference tests, but bad in the 3D shapes and word comparison.

I was also told that I prefer masculine faces... Damn PC called me GEY11!!!

The test condtradicted itself too... I got 4/20 for empathazing from the questions, and then 8/10 for the eyes... One told me I was a crap empathizer, the other that I was pretty good.. :P

I had the same thing happen on the faces.. and I even remember thinking "hm.. bigger eyes.. that's prettier." (I'm a male, by the way)

About 25% male brained... I'm a due so I guess thats fine...

"Your rating suggests you prefer more feminine faces."

Oh thank god.

I'm 25% male brained. Any results I got are debatable because of my Aspergers, makes it dodgy.

I got 0, nothing either way.

Done good in the angles and spot the difference tests, but bad in the 3D shapes and word comparison.

I was also told that I prefer masculine faces... Damn PC called me GEY11!!!

The test condtradicted itself too... I got 4/20 for empathazing from the questions, and then 8/10 for the eyes... One told me I was a crap empathizer, the other that I was pretty good.. :P

I didn't find a single face attractive so I took "slighty prefer"(or whatever the option was called) on all faces. Ended up with prefering female faces though but could've gone either way I suppose.

And I got similiar results as you on the empathazing questions. 8 out 20 on the questions and 7 out of 10 on the eyes.

managed a mighty 3 on the empathising questions and a 12 on the 3d shapes other than that i'm apparently a 50 50 split brain wise

I got 0.

I got all the angles and 3D shapes right, I'm quite pleased with myself :p

lol 50 male

But then I don't know how accurate it is since I got 21% on spot the difference. I am not sure rather it's a male/female thing or I just got horrible memory in general. That and how I demanded all 50 buck because I am cheap and don't like sharing.

Yeah, I got that thought as well. The twenty or so questions that we were asked in the middle of the test seemed to be stereotypical, as in if you like working on cars = male brain, if you don't, female brain.

I thought the whole test was suppose to see how well you fit into the stereotypical male/female role. Aside from culture how else do they define what it means to be male/female mentally? They just slap the word "brain" into it to make it sound more scientific.

I cheated on the "Spot the Difference" by taking a printscreen of the first picture and comparing it to the next one they showed. I think that is enough to verify my male-ness. :p

I got 25 male. I wonder if they could show any links to any experiments that back up the theories that make people supposedly male or female brain. The attractiveness questions were so silly cos the differences were so slight that I was more or less like eeny meeny miney mo for most of them.

Apparently, I am a freak. But then, I didn't need some peculiar tests to tell me that.

I was an uber-male on most things, but an uber-female on others. I think I like that. Which is what you might expect from an English Literature graduate who can rebuild a motorbike engine from nuts and bolts.

Defying stereotypes FTW!

Oh yes, my overall rating: male, with a male 50 rating.

The attractiveness questions were so silly cos the differences were so slight that I was more or less like eeny meeny miney mo for most of them.

I wonder if it was bad that I thought all the faces were relatively unnattractive, not to mention a weird photoshopped blur thing... it was more a choice of picking the lesser of the two evils.

I stopped when they said I need a ruler.

I might have one somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it.

I thought the last section was supposed to enter as many words as possible but I read it wrong and entered them wrong, so scored next to nothing. Allasame, 25% female - I'm male body.

50% female brain. and I'm male.

I'm male brained, but only by 25%.

I was amused by the fact that I had offered the other person 26 pounds and only proposed to take 24 on the ultimatum game. That was far higher than any of the examples they mentioned. I only demanded 48% of the pot, less than men or women; I guess I'm more interested in getting the other person to accept and getting my money, even if it costs me a pound or two to do it.

Honest greed? :confused:

25 Male Brain.

Hubby and I both scored 50% male game, both of my daughters scored just on the female side of 0

I have a 50% Male brain, and am Male. My scores are as follows...

Angles: 20 of 20
Spot the Difference: 14% (I usually do extremely well in these, but at the moment my brain is rattled)
Hands: Right thumb is on top.
Emotions and Systems: Empathy is 16 of 20 and Systemising is 20 of 20.
Eyes: 9 of 10
Fingers: 0.97 for the right hand and 0.97 for the left hand.
Faces: I prefer more feminine faces.
3D Shapes: 12 of 12
Words: 12 words (9 for the first and 3 for the latter) --- Once again, I'd do much better if my brain wasn't rattled. Some words just aren't coming to me.
Ultimatum: I demanded an even split (25 Pounds)... Who the fuck wouldn't?


I wonder what my score would be if I wasn't coming down from a lack of food and an overdose of energy drinks... :p

Ultimatum: I demanded an even split (25 Pounds)... Who the fuck wouldn't?
I demanded 24 quid for myself and left the other person with 26. Way I figure, the other person would almost definitely say yes (unless they have a perverse streak in them) and I still walk out of there 24 pounds richer than I walked in. To risk losing it all on the chance to gain just 2 or 3 more pounds (e.g. offering them 22 pounds and keeping 28 for myself) more is foolish, imo.

i don't quite see the point of that question, as they themselves state there's no readily apparent difference between the sexes.

I'm right in the middle.

Also, apparently I prefer men who look more feminine.

I did better on the spatial part than most men, better than the female average at the spot the difference, about the same as men for empathy, better than men for systematizing, worse than everyone for telling what people are trying to say with their eyes... oh, and my left thumb ended up on top and I produced 21 words between the two sections (13 and 8).

Ultimatum: I demanded an even split (25 Pounds)... Who the fuck wouldn't?

I didn't, because I knew it was more likely the person would accept my offer if they were getting slightly more out of it, even if the difference was almost small enough to be inconsequential. The cost of 1 pound to effectively guarantee 24 pounds, as opposed to saving one pound and risking losing 25 pounds, was enough to motivate my decision.

Since the other person is anonymous, this is the safest choice in my view.

I demanded 24 quid for myself and left the other person with 26. Way I figure, the other person would almost definitely say yes (unless they have a perverse streak in them) and I still walk out of there 24 pounds richer than I walked in. To risk losing it all on the chance to gain just 2 or 3 more pounds (e.g. offering them 22 pounds and keeping 28 for myself) more is foolish, imo.

Holy shit, we think exactly alike. :eek:

I didn't, because I knew it was more likely the person would accept my offer if they were getting slightly more out of it, even if the difference was almost small enough to be inconsequential. The cost of 1 pound to effectively guarantee 24 pounds, as opposed to saving one pound and risking losing 25 pounds, was enough to motivate my decision.

Since the other person is anonymous, this is the safest choice in my view.I figured that the other person would here the same rules as I did. I figured I could push the other person down to $10, if I wanted to. The other person is getting free money, so why would they complain? Under $10, though, I think I could just piss the person off and they would reject just to make sure I got nothing. However I said I would offer $25.

I got 25% male brain.

I am a woman. *checks... nods* Yep, I am.

That left/right thumb thing is deceiving. I put my right thumb on top, which apparently indicates left brain, but I am left handed, and most people who are lefties put their right thumb on top. And as a lefty (left side dominant all throughout, foot, ear, eye...) I am actually more right brained, as I understand it. Also on the left/right brain test in the other thread, I was totally right brain.

I did really well in the spacial perception test, though. And apparently I do prefer more masculine men, but since every choice I made was "only slightly prefer", that doesn't mean so much to me.

*edit* I went back and did it again, but looked at women's faces. I also apparently prefer masculine looking women. Hm.

I didn't, because I knew it was more likely the person would accept my offer if they were getting slightly more out of it, even if the difference was almost small enough to be inconsequential. The cost of 1 pound to effectively guarantee 24 pounds, as opposed to saving one pound and risking losing 25 pounds, was enough to motivate my decision.

Since the other person is anonymous, this is the safest choice in my view.

Why wouldn't they accept 25£? After all, if they decline they get nothing. 25£ is a pretty generous offer when you think about it because it's you who have the initiative and their only choice is if they want something or nothing.

Why wouldn't they accept 25£? After all, if they decline they get nothing. 25£ is a pretty generous offer when you think about it because it's you who have the initiative and their only choice is if they want something or nothing.

If they're greedy or aggressive, they might not accept it. My thinking is basically due to the fact that giving them slightly more money will be enough to sell them on the split. This of course would make it almost a given that I would get my 24£ even if it cost me part of my potential profits to ensure that was the case.

I think it really depends on the amount of risk you're willing to take. I was willing to sacrifice some of my return to significantly decrease the chance of getting nothing.

I got bang on 0 - absolutely half male and half female.

Neither, I'm no-brained :)

I wonder if it was bad that I thought all the faces were relatively unnattractive, not to mention a weird photoshopped blur thing... it was more a choice of picking the lesser of the two evils.
Nah, that's your opinion. It would ridiculous if we were all after the same one person a la Die kurzem Ende Sonnenallee. It definitely wouldn't been better if they'd used actual separate people rather than photoshop versions of the same person.

I figured that the other person would here the same rules as I did. I figured I could push the other person down to $10, if I wanted to. The other person is getting free money, so why would they complain? Under $10, though, I think I could just piss the person off and they would reject just to make sure I got nothing. However I said I would offer $25.

I felt very similarly, and actually offered $10. When the options are getting something or getting nothing, why would the other refuse even one dollar? Did I misread this and not realize that the other person wasn't in on the ultimatum?

50 Male. RRAAAWWWWR, MANLY (ish).

I scored 0 on the overall... oh my, I'm gay-brained! AIEEE!!! (or maybe, non-brained... that would be even worse) *hides LPs of Barbra Streisand*

Angles
Your score: 16 out of 20
Average score for men: 15.1 out of 20
Average score for women: 13.3 out of 20

Spot the difference
Your score: 43%
Average score for men: 39%
Average score for women: 46%
I wear glasses.


Hands
Right thumb on top

Empathising
Your empathy score is: 5 out of 20
Average score for men: 7.9 out of 20
Average score for women: 10.6 out of 20

Systemising
Your systemising score is: 20 out of 20
Average score for men: 12.5 out of 20
Average score for women: 8.0 out of 20


Eyes
Your score: 6 out of 10
Average score for men: 6.6 out of 10
Average score for women: 6.6 out of 10

Fingers
Right Hand: 1.02
Left Hand: 1.02

Average ratio for men: 0.982
Average ratio for women: 0.991
I'm a weirdo.

Faces
Your choices suggest you prefer more feminine faces.
Yoo-hoo! I'm not ovulating!


3D shapes
Your score: 8 out of 12
Average score for men: 8.2 out of 12
Average score for women: 7.1 out of 12


Words
Your score: you associated 6 word(s) with grey and you named 5 word(s) that mean happy. We are assuming that all the words you entered are correct.
Average score for men: 11.4 words total
Average score for women: 12.4 words total

What does your result suggest?
That I'm not illitterate, maybe.

I'm a male and I got rigght in the middle. The best of both worlds.

a brain is a brain is a brain. and has no gender.

bodies do, and because of the bodies we are born in, the different physical sexual biomorphs are raised differently, to have different expectations, and also because of different real specialization of reproductive functioning.

so genders develop with enculturation, their perceptions at least partially derived therefrom. and only to a much lesser degree, also from differences in reproductive function. but a BRAIN, and its sentient awairness, is, i believe, as stated to begin with; a brain is a brain is a brain.

no such thing as ITS being "male" or "female", streight, bent or bi.

gender identification, like so many things, hormonal paradoxes or not, (and NOT denying they may very well exist), i see as being learned behaivour.

=^^=
.../\...

a brain is a brain is a brain. and has no gender.

As far as I am aware, there are massive physiological differences between the brains of men and women.

link (http://www.quazen.com/Science/Biology/Differences-Between-Men-and-Women-Brain.10922)

Their findings show that in general, men have nearly 6.5 times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence compared with women, whereas women have nearly 10 times the amount of white

I didn't, because I knew it was more likely the person would accept my offer if they were getting slightly more out of it, even if the difference was almost small enough to be inconsequential. The cost of 1 pound to effectively guarantee 24 pounds, as opposed to saving one pound and risking losing 25 pounds, was enough to motivate my decision.

Since the other person is anonymous, this is the safest choice in my view.

I said 25 Pounds simply because if they're going to be fair (as I am), we'll get an even split. If they don't want to be fair, then it's their fucking loss, because I can obviously do without the money and they can't, if they really want more than their share of it.

For me, it's mostly about being fair... And then, it's about sticking it to dickheads.

a brain is a brain is a brain. and has no gender.

Brain cells contain the DNA of the organism they are found in. The DNA of any organism contains pairs of chromosones. One(or possibly more in some organisms, I don't know) of these pairs determines the sex of the individual organism. Thus, every cell, and by extension every organ, in a given organism may be said to have a gender.

I fell on the positive side, though quite close to the middle on the female aspect.

Brain cells contain the DNA of the organism they are found in. The DNA of any organism contains pairs of chromosones. One(or possibly more in some organisms, I don't know) of these pairs determines the sex of the individual organism. Thus, every cell, and by extension every organ, in a given organism may be said to have a gender.
This assumes that gender is defined by the chromosomes that an individual has, something which I don't find to be supported by current data.

This assumes that gender is defined by the chromosomes that an individual has, something which I don't find to be supported by current data.

Biological sex then. Whether one identifies as male, female or something else won't change what combination of X and Y chromosomes one has. And since most males are XY and most females are XX(to the best of my knowledge), it's not a huge stretch to consider XY people biologically male and XX biologically female.

Biological sex then. Whether one identifies as male, female or something else won't change what combination of X and Y chromosomes one has. And since most males are XY and most females are XX(to the best of my knowledge), it's not a huge stretch to consider XY people biologically male and XX biologically female.
I'd say it certainly is a stretch to claim that. A young woman who went to high school with me found out she had XY chromosomes, even though she was biologically female. She looked like a girl, and a girly one at that, and her body certainly was not the body of a boy. She was, biologically, not male.

I don't think human sex OR human gender are binary in the first place.

its say Female for Me