男女思维方式不同这一点如今得到广泛认可。为何如此则是另一回事。一个可能的解释是在捕猎收集的时代需要不同的技能。男人花费时间远离营地，追踪动物以及击退入侵者，而女人需要社交技能来抚养孩子。然而肯定还存在许多其他有因素起作用才能让这一不同之处存在于现代（社会）。最新的研究显示生活标准和受教育机会可能在男女认知差异上承受的责任超过基因、婴儿房颜色或者接球能力。
That men and women think different[ly] [is now] widely accepted. Why they do so is another matter. One possible explanation is that in the time of hunting and gathering different skills were required. Men spent time away from camp, tracking animals and fighting off intruders, while women needed social skills to bring up children. Yet there [are] bound to be many other factors at work for this variation to survive in[to] modern times. The latest research suggests that living standards and access to education may[/probably] bear more responsibility [for] cognitive [disparity] between male[/men] and female[/women] than genes, nursery colour[s] or the ability to catch a ball.
以前的研究已经显示男女大脑联想方式不同。去年宾州大学的Ragini Verma使用了成熟的成像技术来显示男女在大脑皮质（大脑中负责思考的那个部分）的主要联系。Verma博士推测这能够帮助解释为什么女人倾向于拥有更好的记忆、社交熟练度以及改善的多任务能力。
Previous studies have shown that men[/male] and women[female] brains are wired differently. Last year Ragini Verma of the University of Pennsylvania used sophisticated imaging techniques to show [variations between] men and women [in domination connections] in the cerebrum, the part of the brain that does that thinking. Dr Verma speculated this could help explain why women tend to have better memor[ies], social adeptness and an improved ability to multitask.
现在维也纳的国际应用系统分析研究所的Daniela Weber和她的同事们暗示为什么这些变化会出现以及重要的是，区别要如何能够改变。本周发表在《国家科学院院刊》的小组分析发现，女性的认知表现力，远远比男的，要受益于诸如更多的聘用机会、增加的经济繁荣以及更好的健康等的因素
Now Daniela Weber of the International Institute of Applied [Systems] Analysis [in Vienna] and her colleagues suggest why these[/such] changes come about and importantly, how the differences can change. The group's analysis, reported [this week] [in] The Proceedings of [the] National [Academy of] Sciences [finds] that women's cognitive performance, [much] more so than men, benefit[s] from factors such as greater employment opportunities, increased economic prosperity and better health.
随着国家按照RDI（地区发展指数）改善，整个人口的认知表现力都得到提升。北欧在全部年龄组都排名最高，随后是中欧和南欧。出乎意料的是，研究发现一个国家越是发达，女性认知能力的增长率就越高。
As countries improved in RDI terms, the cognitive performance of the whole population [was] raised. Northern Europe [rated] highest across all age groups, followed by central and southern Europe. Unexpectedly, the study found that the [better] developed a country, the higher the rate of [increase in] women's cognitive abilit[ies].
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