From: Metro News
Do boys and their toys have a ‘technical’ smarts advantage over girls?
November 2, 2011
Metro News:
Compared to girls, boys are more enthralled by technical things such as taking apart a bike, which is why they score higher in technical aptitude tests, scientists claim in a new study.
Psychologists at the University of Iowa analyzed data on how men and women do in various aptitude tests and found that women score lower on technical aptitude than men across all intelligence levels.
However, experts maintain that doing well in school or at work is based on general intelligence rather than specific aptitudes.
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