Mary has more: Sex differences, autism, coherence, and theory of mind

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (2):253-254 (1996)
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We challenge the notion that differences in spatial ability are the best or only explanation for observed sex differences in mathematical word problems. We suggest two ideas from the study of autism: sex differences in theory of mind and in central coherence.

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The Mismeasure of Man.Stephen Jay Gould - 1980 - W.W. Norton and Company.

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