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Sex differences in learning abilities and disabilities

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Boys more often than girls are affected by all the cognitive developmental disorders of childhood. Differences in the etiology of learning disabilities as well as general sex differences in learning styles in boys versus girls may explain the male preponderance in the prevalence of learning disabilities. The effects on learning of hormonal sex differences, maturation rate differences, and differences in frequency of perinatal brain injury will be discussed.

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Nass, R.D. Sex differences in learning abilities and disabilities. Annals of Dyslexia 43, 61–77 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02928174

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