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Lindsley Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn explained in an e-mail yesterday that “there are two types offactors that could allow innate characteristics to explain whether a person (male or female) chooses a career in science, namely ‘indirect’ and ‘direct...
...Science is combative,” Kosslyn wrote. “People argue aggressively and get into intense disputes...
...biological factors determine comfort level in combative situations, then gender differences could partially explain the underrepresentation of females in elite academic science, Kosslyn said. But he noted that “one’s comfort level in combative situations might have nothing to do with innate factors...but instead might reflect socialization...
...Kosslyn said that separating indirect from direct factors is a key first step toward increasing the number of female scientists. “For example, if indirect innate factors affecting temperament are at work, it might be easiest to change the relevant aspects of the culture of science,” Kosslyn said...
...Summers] was specifically asked to be ‘provocative,’ and the meeting was defined as a private event at which participants could speak their mind freely without worry of being quoted...in the press,” Kosslyn wrote. “Given those ground rules, President Summers was absolutely being appropriate...