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Peer reviewedScience, 1991
The question as to whether males and females have different kinds of intellectual abilities is addressed. The evidence that there are some differences in cognition and perception between men and women is reviewed. (KR)
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Human Body, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedBenbow, Camilla Persson; Stanley, Julian C. – Science, 1983
Results of seventh-grade students taking Scholastic Aptitude Test indicate that, by age 13, a large sex difference in mathematical reasoning ability exists; among students scoring greater than 700, boys outnumbered girls 13 to 1. Hypothesized factors thought to influence the difference (such as course taking, attitudes) were not supported by data…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
