Math Looks The Same In The Brains Of Boys And Girls, Study Finds Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email #MakerEducation

Well, can’t say we didn’t have a hunch. Via NPR:

There’s new evidence that girls start out with the same math abilities as boys.

A study of 104 children from ages 3 to 10 found similar patterns of brain activity in boys and girls as they engaged in basic math tasks, researchers reported Friday in the journal Science of Learning.

“They are indistinguishable,” says Jessica Cantlon, an author of the study and professor of developmental neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University.

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