Gender dimorphism of a visual anomaly: a deductive prediction based on an ethological model.
Using an ethological model, we deduced a prediction concerning gender dimorphism in a visual anomaly from a re-construction of the phylogeny of man. The prediction, which is based on four premises, is that deficits in distance vision (myopia) would be more prevalent in contemporaneous women than in men. Data collected in a de facto double-blind method support the prediction, and thereby support the unique efficacy in using an ethological model to understand facets of the contemporary human condition.
Mackey
W C
WC
Social Sciences Division, El Paso Community College.
Johnson
J W
JW
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology