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Paid-only Episode 21: Psychological sex differences

11 min • 8 juli 2025

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Inspired by a new Nature paper on how the “maths gap” emerges between girls and boys in school, Tom and Stuart look into the evidence for psychological sex differences: in maths, in mental rotation, and, yes—in whether they like pink or blue.

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Paid-only Episode 21: Psychological sex differences

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