Females show more sustained performance during test-taking than males

Pau Balart () and Matthijs Oosterveen
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Pau Balart: Universitat de les Illes Balears
Matthijs Oosterveen: Erasmus University Rotterdam

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Females tend to perform worse than males on math and science tests, but they perform better on verbal reading tests. Here, by analysing performance during a cognitive test, we provide evidence that females are better able to sustain their performance during a test across all of these topics, including math and science (study 1). This finding suggests that longer cognitive tests decrease the gender gap in math and science. By analysing a dataset with multiple tests that vary in test length, we find empirical support for this idea (study 2).

Date: 2019
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