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That article is about MRI studies, not monkeys. Do you have any links about the monkey studies?

by agarden 13y ago

drhayes9 13y ago
Sure: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/03/entertainment/la-ca-rebecca-jordan-young-20101003 http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/03/entertainment/la-ca-... Search for "monkey". The basic premise is that drawing cultural associations cross species is pretty much a no-go; a preference for a "pot" doesn't validate traditional gender roles any more than a preference for a particular color would -- it's more a reflection on our own cultural biases than it is a proof of hard-wired gender roles.
- mcantelon 13y ago
  That references one study with monkeys. Was it the same one?
  - nerfhammer 13y ago
    One but not the other. What that linked article was about: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Handouts/alexander_2002.pdf http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Hand... What this post also discusses: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/
- nerfhammer 13y ago
  The passage in question: > One study of "toy preferences" in vervet monkeys was ambiguous, since the boy vervets seemed most interested in the plush dog (a toy deemed "neutral") and the girl vervets paid relatively little attention to the doll. The girl vervets did prefer playing with the toy cooking pot, but exactly what they did with it was not reported. Graph of the data that passage is describing: http://i.imgur.com/t4R8hH4.png http://i.imgur.com/t4R8hH4.png from http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Handouts/alexander_2002.pdf http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Hand... This is the study that the picture at the top of the article is from -- however, the monkey study by Wallen referenced in the article appears to be this one http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/

That article is about MRI studies, not monkeys. Do you have any links about the monkey studies?

by agarden 13y ago

That article is about MRI studies, not monkeys. Do you have any links about the monkey studies?

Sure: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/03/entertainment/la-ca-rebecca-jordan-young-20101003 http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/03/entertainment/la-ca-... Search for "monkey". The basic premise is that drawing cultural associations cross species is pretty much a no-go; a preference for a "pot" doesn't validate traditional gender roles any more than a preference for a particular color would -- it's more a reflection on our own cultural biases than it is a proof of hard-wired gender roles.

mcantelon 13y ago
That references one study with monkeys. Was it the same one?
- nerfhammer 13y ago
  One but not the other. What that linked article was about: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Handouts/alexander_2002.pdf http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Hand... What this post also discusses: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/
nerfhammer 13y ago
The passage in question: > One study of "toy preferences" in vervet monkeys was ambiguous, since the boy vervets seemed most interested in the plush dog (a toy deemed "neutral") and the girl vervets paid relatively little attention to the doll. The girl vervets did prefer playing with the toy cooking pot, but exactly what they did with it was not reported. Graph of the data that passage is describing: http://i.imgur.com/t4R8hH4.png http://i.imgur.com/t4R8hH4.png from http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Handouts/alexander_2002.pdf http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/imagingthebody/Hand... This is the study that the picture at the top of the article is from -- however, the monkey study by Wallen referenced in the article appears to be this one http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/