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...last week has stepped nobly to Summers’ defense threw another piece of research right back at the man from Bath: apparently, German scientists have concluded that short index fingers—and thus less estrogen—are also linked to better driving and spatial skills...
...well chosen. The Crimson some weeks ago included statements from prominent psychologists on the topic of gender. Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker suggested that there was adequate evidence to take seriously the hypothesis that men’s and women’s distributions of quantitative and spatial abilities may not be identical. Berkman Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Spelke was far more critical, arguing that gender differences are negligible, that it therefore doesn’t matter whether they stem from biology or upbringing, and that the underrepresentation of women in academic science was far better explained...
...direct” influences on academic achievement, Kosslyn said that “solid evidence” supports the hypothesis that men may have stronger spatial abilities while females may have stronger verbal abilities. Even so, Kosslyn said, “some women will be better than some men at spatial abilities, and some men will be better than some women at verbal abilities...
Gardner said that “Summers is correct that men are overrepresented at both ends of the bell curve in terms of math-science-spatial capabilities, just as they are overrepresented at both ends in terms of many conditions, both positive and pathological...
...direct” influences on academic achievement, Kosslyn said that “solid evidence” supports the hypothesis that men may have stronger spatial abilities while females may have stronger verbal abilities. Even so, Kosslyn said, “some women will be better than some men at spatial abilities, and some men will be better than some women at verbal abilities...