The reality and evolutionary significance of human psychological sex differences

J Archer - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this article are:(i) to provide a quantitative overview of sex differences in human
psychological attributes; and (ii) to consider evidence for their possible evolutionary origins …

Spatial memory and adaptive specialization of the hippocampus

DF Sherry, LF Jacobs, SJC Gaulin - Trends in neurosciences, 1992 - Elsevier
The hippocampus plays an important role in spatial memory and spatial cognition in birds
and mammals. Natural selection, sexual selection and artificial selection have resulted in an …

[图书][B] Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?

F De Waal - 2016 - books.google.com
A New York Times bestseller:" A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of
nonhuman minds."—Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough …

[图书][B] Sex differences in cognitive abilities

DF Halpern - 2000 - taylorfrancis.com
In the third edition of her popular text, Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Diane Halpern
tackles fundamental questions about the meaning of sex differences in cognition and why …

[图书][B] How monkeys see the world: Inside the mind of another species

DL Cheney, RM Seyfarth - 1990 - books.google.com
Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the
nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition." This reviewer had to be …

[图书][B] The seven sins of memory: How the mind forgets and remembers

DL Schacter - 2002 - books.google.com
A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's “gripping and thought-provoking” look at
how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In …

[图书][B] Male, female: The evolution of human sex differences

DC Geary - 1998 - grahamseibert.com
Sexual and asexual reproduction are found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms.
Asexual reproduction has its advantages, chief among which is that it does not require the …

[图书][B] The mind's past

MS Gazzaniga - 1998 - books.google.com
Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? In
this ground-breaking work, Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the world's foremost cognitive …

[图书][B] Gender development

JEO Blakemore, SA Berenbaum, LS Liben - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
This text offers a unique developmental focus on gender. Gender development is examined
from infancy through adolescence, integrating biological, socialization, and cognitive …

[图书][B] Gender, nature, and nurture

RA Lippa - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
This engaging text presents the latest scientific findings on gender differences, similarities,
and variations--in sexuality, cognitive abilities, occupational preferences, personality, and …