Women’ s minds work differently from men. At least, that is what (1) ______ most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of frustration and a joke. Now the biologists have moved (2) ______ into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. And being (3) ______ different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or bad. There is, however, a definite structural variation between (4) ______ the male and female brain. The difference is a part of the brain that is used in most complex intellectual processes — the link between (5) ______ the two halves of the brain. Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus callosum enable them (6) ______ to work together. For most people, the left half is used for word-handling, analytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. The better the connections, the more harmonious the two halves work. And, (7) ______ according to research findings, women have the better connections. In the schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys (8) ______ in "language subjects" and boys better at math and physics. We (9) ______ shall’ t know for a while, partly because we don’ t know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subjects and the functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involving in intellect, (10) ______ We should be looking for differences in intellectual processing.