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#747 David Geary - Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences (Pt. 2)

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Are There Any Sex Differences in Core Knowledge?

In our very first conversation back in 2018 I asked you because this is something you do you've done lots of work on about core what people call core knowledge. Do you know if there are any sex differences there in those domains or not? In in cornot yeah yeah sure so yeah some people study core knowledge a little bit differently they focus on infants and so forthI have a bit of a broader view of that so I think the visual spatial abilities that are involved in that spatially navigating navigating getting one place to the next as well as mechanical reasoning things that are probably related to tool construction and tool use can be considered core knowledge. There are sex differences there the guys do better than the girls

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