title: Human intelligence: sex differences.
abstract: An extensive review of the literatureon sex differences in human intelligence leads to the conclusion that there is stron evidence for sex differences in processing both verbal and spatial information. The few genetic studies that there are all point toward a sex-link mode of inheritance of certain spatial abilities.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012723:Sex; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D013028:Space Perception; D014427:Twins; D014706:Verbal Learning