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Mating, math achievement, and other multiple relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Diane F. Halpern
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, california State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407. dhalpern@willey.csusb.edu

Abstract

Although Geary's partitioning of mathematical abilities into those that are biologically primary and secondary is an advance over most sociobiological theories of cognitive sex differences, it remains untestable and ignores the spatial nature of women's traditional work. An alternative model based on underlying cognitive processes offers other advantages.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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