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Direct linkSpelke, Elizabeth S. – American Psychologist, 2005
This article considers 3 claims that cognitive sex differences account for the differential representation of men and women in high-level careers in mathematics and science: (a) males are more focused on objects from the beginning of life and therefore are predisposed to better learning about mechanical systems; (b) males have a profile of spatial…
Descriptors: Females, Cognitive Ability, Males, Cognitive Development
