Diferencias mentales entre los sexos: Innato versus adquirido bajo un enfoque evolutivo

Lucrecia Burges

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Mental differences between genders: innatress vs. acquired through an evolutionary approach

If we study in depth sexual differences in cognitive abilities, and we take into account that the biological and environmental factors interact since birth, we find that the functioning of male and female brains substantially differs. This leads to one sex performing certain adaptive tasks better than the other. In the present paper we will attempt to work out which innate—biological—and acquired—cultural, social, educational—factors have been involved in the evolution of the mental differences between sexes.

 

Key words: Sex differences, cognitive abilities, gender, human evolution, innate, mind, culture-nurture, biological determinism.


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