The Maternal Capacitance - S2-E15
Character mistake: Leonard has his phone on his left ear. Sheldon says "Since ears don't cross hemispheres..." This is an error. The vast majority of the input to the left (or right) ear crosses over to the opposite hemisphere.
The Maternal Capacitance - S2-E15
Continuity mistake: After Leonard's mother says, 'Tell me about it', her head was tilted downwards, but in the next shot, she was looking straight again. (00:04:35)
Answer: Because Raj's selective mutism seems to be caused by women that Raj sees (on some sort of conscious or subconscious level) as a potential sexual partner. An attribute that wouldn't apply to either his sister or mother.