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Sex differences in mathematical abllity: Genes, environment, and evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Jeffrey W. Gillger
Affiliation:
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047. gilger@falcon.cc.ukans.edu

Abstract

Geary proposes a sociobiological hypothesis of how (and why) sex differences in math and spatial skills might have jointly arisen. His distinction between primary and secondary math skills is noteworthy, and in some ways analogous to the closed versus open systems postulated to exist for language. In this commentary issues concerning how genes might affect complex cognitive skills, the interpretation of heritability estimates, and prior research abilites are discussed.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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