Changes in how people approach a task are interesting and important, but without careful evaluation of strategy shifts, better expert performance might wrongly be attributed to more fundamental differencesinperception and memory.
According to the fascinating book The Female Brain by Dr. Louann Brizendine, the differences between male and female brains are widespread, contributing to significant differencesin behavior and perception.
He said he had had no differences with President Bush over the objectives of U.S. policy in the area, but that the perception of a conflict made it difficult for him to be effective in the job.