Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debate. “There are no differences in overall intrinsic aptitude for science and mathematics among women and men,” the researcher declared. A new paper in the journal Nature, written by Spelke and a team of European researchers, provides what she called “an even stronger basis for that argument.”
Large-scale study adds to mounting case against notion that boys are born better at math
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