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ArticleNature2025

Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade.

P Martinot, B Colnet, T Breda, J Sultan, L Touitou, P Huguet, E Spelke, G Dehaene-Lambertz, P Bressoux, S Dehaene

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

P MartinotUniversity Paris Cité, Paris, France. pauline.martinot.dlm@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4000-2505
B ColnetSoda Project Team, Premedical Project Team, INRIA Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9137-4590
T BredaParis School of Economics, CNRS, ENS-PSL, Paris, France.
J SultanInstitute for Public Policies IPP, Paris, France.
L TouitouInstitute for Public Policies IPP, Paris, France.
P HuguetLAPSCO, University of Clermont Auvergne and CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0707-7655
E SpelkeDepartment of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6925-3618
G Dehaene-LambertzNeuroSpin Center, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif/Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2221-9081
P BressouxLaRAC, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8018-5612
S DehaeneNeuroSpin Center, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif/Yvette, France. stanislas.dehaene@cea.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-7418-8275

Funding

European Research Council 101095866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preventing gender disparities in mathematics is a worldwide preoccupation

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MathematicsSexismAge FactorsChildFemaleFranceHumansLanguageLongitudinal StudiesMaleSchoolsSex FactorsStereotyping

Identifiers

PMID40500443
PMCPMC7618463

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