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Sex differences in cognitive abilities

eBook, English, 2000
Psychology Press, New York, 2000
1 online resource (xviii, 420 pages) : illustrations
9781410605290, 1410605299
1000428060
1. Introduction and overview
2. Searching for sex differences in cognitive abilities
3. Empirical evidence for cognitive sex differences
4. Biological hypotheses part I : genes and hormones
5. Biological hypotheses part II : brains, evolutionary pressures, and brain-behavior relationships
6. Psychosocial hypotheses part I : sex role stereotypes through the life span
7. Psychosocial hypotheses part II : theoretical perspectives for understanding the role of psychosocial variables
8. Using a psychobiosocial perspective to understand cognitive sex differences