Nora, Nora, Nora\u2026 Dr. Nora S. Newcombe, how in the world did you think you were thinking straight when you wrote this article?\u00a0 I mean, no offense, but the \u201cstraight thinking\u201d as you suggested in your article \u201cTaking Science Seriously:\u00a0 Straight Thinking about Spatial Sex Differences,\u201d left me rather dizzy and confused.\u00a0 It\u2019s like you would set out on a great adventure to find gold and came back with two pennies, five plastic knives, and a stray cat. \u00a0That being said, I enjoyed the idea of your discussion and believe you made a few good points (maybe excluding your gratuitous tangents you attempted to use as fruitful leverage\u2014that introduction, yikes).\u00a0 I would have hoped to see less speculation and more supporting evidence that didn\u2019t involve the times of the Neanderthals, horny voles, or \u201caccidental\u201d acne.\u00a0 Let me break your own stuff down for you.<\/p>\n
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Yes, you can gather all the hunters.\u00a0 No, you cannot hunt all the gatherers.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hunter Man over there may get all the fame and glory for being known to have spatial ability, but Gatherer Gal over here has spatial ability all the same!\u00a0 We\u2019re all \u201chunters\u201d in the sense that we have spatial ability.\u00a0 As much as I\u2019d like to agree with this wholeheartedly, on the other hand, basket weaving isn\u2019t differential calculus and pottery isn\u2019t a Java program (duh, but going somewhere with this, don\u2019t worry).\u00a0 Is there a difference between creative spatial ability and technical spatial ability?\u00a0 Sort of!\u00a0 In a study conducted at Vanderbilt University, researchers found spatial ability contributes uniquely to the prediction of different kinds of creative outcomes by performing a stepwise discriminant-function analysis on the four criterion groups of 13 year olds.\u00a0 So, basically they concluded the two are intertwined, yet, rather, spatial ability prompts creativity.\u00a0 According to Kimura, males have an advantage.\u00a0 Maybe that\u2019s why Picasso seems to roll of the tongue better than Kahlo.\u00a0 Something to ponder.<\/p>\n The other part of this is just I thought the voles added a weird touch to her argument.\u00a0 Favorite sentence:\u00a0 \u201cThe skills it takes to impregnate many females probably include such abilities as charm and stealth, more than the ability to find one\u2019s way among a cluster of huts\u201d (73).\u00a0 Probably, Nora.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Acme of Acne <\/strong><\/p>\n Acne is not an accident it\u2019s actually a byproduct of\u2026 drum roll please\u2026 Androgens!\u00a0 So, let me back you up, Nora.\u00a0 Males and females produce androgens.\u00a0 Testosterone is the chief hormone.\u00a0 Since males produce 10 times more testosterone than females, acne is more likely to appear longer and more intense on males than females.<\/p>\n When that time of the month comes, acne is there to ruin the day.\u00a0 (I never knew the exact cause, so I\u2019m over here like \u201cOh, wow!\u00a0 It all makes so much more sense!\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Conflusion<\/strong><\/p>\n If only that ah-ha moment would hit when I struggle grappling why there aren\u2019t more women in science.\u00a0 Back to stage \u201cdazed and confused.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n Aguirre, Claudia. “Understanding Male Skin.”\u00a0Articles<\/em>. The International Dermal Institute, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015. <http:\/\/www.dermalinstitute.com\/us\/library\/73_article_Understanding_Male_Skin.html>.<\/p>\n Kell, Harrison J. David Lubinski, Camilla P. Benbow, and James H. Steiger. “Creativity and Innovation Management.”\u00a0Creativity and Technical Innovation: Spatial Ability\u2019s Unique Role<\/em>\u00a0(n.d.): n. pag.\u00a0Vanderbilt.edu<\/em>. Vanderbilt Psychology Department, 2013. Web. 17 Sept. 2015. <https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/smpy\/files\/2013\/01\/Kell-et-al.-2013b1.pdf>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nora, Nora, Nora\u2026 Dr. Nora S. Newcombe, how in the world did you think you were thinking straight when you wrote this article?\u00a0 I mean, no offense, but the \u201cstraight thinking\u201d as you suggested in your article \u201cTaking Science Seriously:\u00a0 Straight Thinking about Spatial Sex Differences,\u201d left me rather dizzy and confused.\u00a0 It\u2019s like you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fyswns14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}