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Nicole Murgia

Solving the Biopsychosocial Puzzle

By Nicole Murgia
In her essay “Science, Sex, and Good Sense: Why Women Are Underrepresented in Some Areas of Science and Math”, Diane F. Halpern uses the biopsychosocial approach to describe the different contributing factors that lead to the possi…

Confidence is the Key

By Nicole Murgia
In the book Why Aren’t More Women in Science? by Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams, it seems time and time again, the authors of the essays come to the same conclusion . Innate ability is not a contributing factor to the lack of …

Crooked Thinking About Spatial Sex Differences

by: Nicole Murgia
Nora S. Newcombe is the writer behind the essay titled Taking Science Seriously: Straight Thinking About Spatial Sex Differences however, in my opinion, there is no “straight thinking” behind any of the points or examples she dis…

Different BUT Equal

by: Nicole Murgia
Elizabeth S. Spelke and Ariel D. Grace further investigate the prejudice women face in the math and science fields in their essay, Sex, Math, and Science. At this point in the knowledge I believe I have obtained from studying the diff…