Better at verbal skills. And that bys are better at spatial performance. So those are the ster why types, now what does the rel data show. The most recent data show actually that girls are tied with boys now in mathematical performance. Rose episode three of the charl yae rose brain series three underwritten by the shown Foundation Coming up. Funding for charlie rose is provided by american express. Additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our studios in new york city this is charlie rose. Tonight we continue our exploration of the magnificent human brain with a look at gender identity and the biology of the brain. Gender identity ask a persons subjective experience of their own gender. It may or may not correspond to the sex assigned with them at birth. The term transgender describes someone who feels his or her body and gender do not match. It is estimated that about 700,000 transgender people live in the
1997. Also here, a group of scientists norman spack of bostons Childrens Hospital, Catherine Dulac of harvard university, Melissa Hines of the university of cambridge, and janet hyde of the university of wisconsin at madison. Im pleased to have all of them here and to begin this conversation with my colleague eric kandel. What are we going to talk about . Eric we will talk about gender identity and the biology of the brain. This is a marvelous topic and i like it particularly because it shows how Brain Science can be liberating in our life. As we understand the biology of our own gender identity better and become more comfortable with ourselves to become more empathic to somebody elses gender identity, we can understand it at age 9, 10, a person says i am in the wrong body. We really can sympathize with them and understand what is going on. But, this is not only an interesting topic, it is an unbelievably timely topic. When we began talking about this six months ago, it was not on the
And weve got to fight for decency. And im an optimist. On the glass halffull guy on most things, and we are going to be fine. America is going to be fine and ill do my best i can promise you that. But you have to do yours, too. Because again this whole thing is a bill from a peer down. It is build from there to the top. We work for you. You dont work for us. Thats kind of my [applause] we will call her up like a lady. Hi. My name is brenda. Ive been a caregiver for nearly 10 years. My husband has younger onset alzheimers disease. Might 89 yearold mother lives with me. She is alzheimers as well. Im one of 65000 alzheimers caregivers in the state of New Hampshire. One in five medicare dollars is spent on caring for someone with alzheimers disease. The projections are by 2050 thank you. [applause] by 2050, the projections are by 2050 28 million baby boomers will have alzheimers. I know firsthand the pain of seeing these people slip away. I know firsthand the financial burden this carries
He sailed between london and port royal jamaica which was known as the wickedest city on earth. For years he did that responsibly and nobly. But then one day in 1684, for reasons no one can quite determine, Joseph Bannister stole the golden fleece, recruited a pirate crew and turned pirate. Tonight at eight about eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Up next, a forum on strengthening federal investments and Scientific Research as a way to help grow the economy and create jobs. We will hear from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as well as a panel of researchers and academics. It is part of what is called the middle class prosperity project launched by senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman elijah cummings. Start the middle class prosperity project for them. Why is the middle class prosperity project holding a hearing on the importance of federal funding for research . The reasons are three, and they are all deeply interrelated and related to the future of americas middle class. Investm
Corruption in College Basketball. The picture pained by the charges brought today is not a pretty one. Federal authorities make several arrests including coaches, Financial Advisor and Sneaker Company executives. How the fbi satisfies they were taking advantage of college athletes. Alex is here. Bob is here. I think im here and sue is in collingswood, new jersey, sue. Hey, mike, alex. No bones about it. Ah. The coffee here in groove ground cafe is to die for. Were going batty here [ [ laughter ] its great because a lot of folk are coming out and donating great items for auction tonight and plus giving money to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. More details on all that coming up. Lets get to number of the da day. Which is nine out of ten. And its another day well be pretty warm and humid. But former hurricane Tropical Storm now maria is in the process of making that turn today towards the northeast. So it will become less and less of factor in weather. If youre in dell dl you may see