• female word advantage is for real, but slight

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 14 20:34:02 2022
    From the «oh yeah well that's just like your opinion, man» department:
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    Title: Are women really better at finding and remembering words than men? Large study settles score
    Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 08:41:01 -0400
    Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221013084101.htm

    Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in verbal-fluency and verbal-memory tasks. However, the last meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in verbal fluency dates from 1988. Although verbal memory
    has only recently been investigated meta-analytically, a comprehensive meta-analysis is lacking that focuses on verbal memory as it is typically assessed, for example, in neuropsychological settings. Women are better, the present study demonstrated. The female advantage is consistent across time and lifetime, but it is also relatively small. The results are relevant in at least two ways. First, they help to clarify whether the female advantage is real. Second, knowing about this sex/gender difference is important for interpreting the results of diagnostic assessments, in which those abilities are frequently tested.



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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sun Oct 16 09:38:23 2022
    On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:34:02 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in >verbal-fluency and verbal-memory tasks.

    More attention is given to females by their mothers when growing
    up....is not this a no brainer?

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