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Biological explanations

Research on biological explanations for gender differences in cognitive abilities

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Jan 27, 2026
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What do modern genomic studies say about selection on cognitive ability across populations?

Modern genomic work finds that are highly heritable and polygenic, that many loci and structural variants contribute to cognitive variation, and that some genomic regions linked to brain and language ...

Feb 6, 2026

Do women's brains work five times faster?

The short answer is no: the widely repeated line that “women’s brains work five times faster” is an overstatement of isolated findings and a simplification of what neuroscientists actually measure . R...

Feb 4, 2026

what are the main differences in boys and girls in middle school

reveal consistent but modest sex-linked patterns: girls typically enter and progress through earlier and often outperform boys in language and reading, while boys tend to show more externalizing behav...

Jan 12, 2026

Are females dumber than males

The short answer is no: the best-available research does not support the claim that females are “dumber” than males; most modern reviews and large-scale analyses find no meaningful sex difference in a...

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