A new study challenges that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.

After exercising, the scientists tested the cyclists with eye tracking cameras to see how well their brains could still?control their visual system.

But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same, regardless of gender.

During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins.

During deep sleep,the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins.

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.

Rather than offer evidence for categorizing brains as "male" or "female, " research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.

She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.

So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they're running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.

The answer is no, because brains are more sophisticated than that.

The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains.

While the "average" male and "average" female brains were slightly different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans.

Our brains respond better to difficulty than we imagine

Their brains become both calmer and sharper.

Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, wrote, "The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention."

In a 2016 study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, Ariely and colleagues showed how dishonesty alters people's brains, making it easier to tell lies in the future.

In studies, he gave subjects a chance to deceive for monetary gain while examining their brains in a functional Mri machine, which maps blood flow to active parts of the brain.

Instead of narrowing our focus, like negative emotions do, positive emotions affect our brains in ways that increase our awareness, attention and memory.

The brains of teenagers, but not adults, showed greater activity in two regions associated with rewards when they were being observed by same-age peers than when alone.

They scanned the brains of teens and adults who were playing a virtual driving game designed to test whether players would brake at a yellow light or speed on through the crossroad.