Negligible Sex Differences in General Intelligence

Sex Differences in Health and Survival

“…Gender differences in cognitive tasks have been found to be stable from adulthood to old age, which suggests that age-related declines in cognitive abilities have similar trajectories in men and women (Barnes et al 2003;de Frias et al 2006;Gerstorf et al 2006). With respect to general intelligence, most researchers have found no or negligible sex differences in adolescent and adult populations in developed countries (Aluja-Fabregat et al 2000;Colom et al 2000;van der Sluis et al 2006;Burgaleta et al 2012).…”

Sex differences on the Dutch WAIS-III

“…These correlations are usually low (e.g., .00, Colom et al, 2000;.06, Colom, Abad, García, & JuanEspinosa, 2002;.116, Jensen, 1998), as are the correlations between g and sex (e.g., À .25 to .13, Aluja-Fabregat et al, 2000;À .07 to .36, and À .09 to .35, Colom et al, 2000). These results have led researchers to conclude that g is not the source of the observed differences between males and females on the level of the subtests.…”

Advancing simulation-based driver training

“…Being quick can therefore be seen as a sign of having good vehicle-handling abilities. Gender differences in speed-scores and error-scores were rather large when considering that gender differences in mental abilities and choice reaction time are only small (Colom et al, 2000;Lorenz & Manzey, 2001). It is likely that the average male participant had more previous practice, for example, with controlling cars in computer games or otherwise.…”