ArticleNPJ science of learning2019
Gender similarities in the brain during mathematics development.
Article in NPJ science of learning, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Initial organization and progressive expansion of the math-responsive brain network during the first school years.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Mathematics anxiety: Effects of age, gender and culture.The British journal of educational psychology · 2026Review
- Number words recruit numerosity-related cortex in 3- to 5-year-old children.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Uncovering sex/gender differences of arithmetic in the human brain: Insights from fMRI studies.Brain and behavior · 2022Review
- Exploring the Nature of Teachers' Math-Gender Stereotypes: The Math-Gender Misconception Questionnaire.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- The effect of language on performance: do gendered languages fail women in maths?NPJ science of learning · 2021Article
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Abstract
Some scientists and public figures have hypothesized that women and men differ in their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) owing to biological differences in mathematics aptitude. However, little evidence supports such claims. Some studies of children and adults show gender differences in mathematics performance but in those studies it is impossible to disentangle intrinsic, biological differences from sociocultural influences. To investigate the early biology of mathematics and gender, we tested for gender differences in the neural processes of mathematics in young children. We measured 3-10-year-old children's neural development with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during naturalistic viewing of mathematics education videos. We implemented both frequentist and Bayesian analyses that quantify gender similarities and differences in neural processes. Across all analyses girls and boys showed significant gender similarities in neural functioning, indicating that boys and girls engage the same neural system during mathematics development.
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