Gender differences in memory for film of pigmies' hunting-gathering activities among Japanese children and adults.
Although adaptation to hunting-gathering life is a main hypothesis for understanding of the nature of humans, studies directly examining the hypothesis have not been done. In the present study, we used the method of showing a film depicting hunting and housework by African hunter-gatherers to elementary pupils and university students to examine their memories. In pupils and students, males showed higher percentage of correct answers than females for hunting-related questions, and female showed higher percentage for housework-related questions. The results suggest a males' learning bias to hunting and support the hunting-gathering hypothesis.
Kobayashi
Tomomichi
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Division of Environmental Policy, Faculty of Environment and Information, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, Wakabadai 1-1-1, Tottori 689-1111, Japan. t-kobaya@kankyo-u.ac.jp
Yano
Tomoyuki
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D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D009040:Motion Pictures; D012737:Sex Factors