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After20yearsofmarriage,ahusbandmaystillnotunderstandhiswife.Howisitthatsheisneverata26forwords？Howcanshe27thenamesofacoupletheymeton28yearsago？Nowweknow29totellhim:it'sherbrain.

Althoughthereareobviouslycultural30forthedifferencesinemotionsandbehavior,31breakthroughresearchreveals

thatthe32ofmanypuzzlingdifferencesbetweenmenandwomenmay33inthehead.Men'sandwomen'sbrains

34muchincommon,buttheyaredefinitelynotthesame35size,structureorinsight.Broadlyspeaking,awoman's

brain,likeherbody,istentofifteenpercentsmallerthanaman's,36theregionsdedicatedtolanguagemaybemore

densely37withbraincells.

Girlsgenerallyspeakearlierandreadfaster.Thereasonmaybe38femalesusebothsidesofthebrainwhenthey

read.In39,malesrelyonlyontheleftside.

Ateveryage,women'smemories40men's,Theyhaveagreaterabilityto41___nameswithfacesthanmendo,and

theyare42atrecallinglist.Theeventspeoplerememberbestarethosethatanemotionisattachedto.43women

usemoreoftheirrightbrains,which44emotions,theymaydothisautomatically.

Whilewedon'tyetknowwhatallthesefindingsimply,onethingis45:maleandfe-malebrainsdothesamethings,buttheydothemdifferently.

26_______.

[A]slip

[B]puzzle

[C]loss

[D]failure