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Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectua...

Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectua...

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Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectual domains

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Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectual domains

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London: The Royal Society

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Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2009-03, Vol.276 (1659), p.1161-1165

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English

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London: The Royal Society

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A popular explanation for the small number of women at the top level of intellectually demanding activities from chess to science appeals to biological differences in the intellectual abilities of men and women. An alternative explanation is that the extreme values in a large sample are likely to be greater than those in a small one. Although the p...

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Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectual domains

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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1098_rspb_2008_1576

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1098_rspb_2008_1576

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0962-8452

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1471-2954

DOI

10.1098/rspb.2008.1576

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