Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectual domains

A popular explanation for the small number of women at the top level of intellectually demanding activities from chess to science appeals to biological differences in the intellectual abilities of men and women. An alternative explanation is that the extreme values in a large sample are likely to be...

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Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society Publishing 2009
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