Human intelligence: sex differences

Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma). 1975;24(3-4):189-211. doi: 10.1017/s000156600001031x.

Abstract

An extensive review of the literatureon sex differences in human intelligence leads to the conclusion that there is stron evidence for sex differences in processing both verbal and spatial information. The few genetic studies that there are all point toward a sex-link mode of inheritance of certain spatial abilities.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aging
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cognition
  • Female
  • Genes
  • Humans
  • Intelligence*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Personality
  • Pregnancy
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Sex*
  • Space Perception
  • Twins
  • Verbal Learning