Sex differences in reasoning abilities: Surprising evidence that male-female ratios in the tails of the quantitative reasoning distribution have increased

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-274

  Lakin, Joni M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Quantitative reasoning; Secular trends; Sex differences; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877666678     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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