Technical aptitude: Do women score lower because they just aren't interested?

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 22:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Boys do better on tests of technical aptitude (for example, mechanical aptitude tests) than girls. The same is true for adults. A new study describes a theory explaining how the difference comes about: the root cause is that boys are just more interested in technical things, like taking apart a bike, than girls are.

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