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What do you make of studies that show monkeys and humans have a similar gender-biased breakdown of toy preferences and juvenile activities?
by defen 11y ago
What do you make of studies that show monkeys and humans have a similar gender-biased breakdown of toy preferences and juvenile activities?
- shkkmo 11y agoMy first guess would be that those studies are probably poorly executed. If they were indeed properly double-blinded and used good statistical analysis, I would find that to be and extremely interesting result that would warrant further investigation.
- stray 11y agohttp://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29418230 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29418230
- shkkmo 11y agoIs that supposed to be a citation? Try as I might I can't seem to find any further details on this study, which seems like it was conducted as part of a TV program rather than as a research paper. For more information about the discussion of research into gender-based neuroscience, here is an actual article: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110830 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
- clevernickname 11y agoHere's another citation of an "actual article" for you, fam. The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness: https://www.nber.org/papers/w14969 https://www.nber.org/papers/w14969
- stray 11y agoGet off your high horse - I just pointed you toward where I had seen something about it.