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| Title: | Mathematics at DEC |
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| Moderator: | RUSURE::EDP |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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1573.0. "Men's cognitive ability related to hormone" by STAR::ABBASI () Tue Feb 25 1992 03:20
From Mathematics magazine, vol 65, no.1, feb 1992, page 65.
Blakeslee, Sandra, Men's test scores linked to hormone: A cognitive ability
in men is influenced by seasonal cycle, new York times (14 Nov. 1991) National
edition A11.
"Men Have better spatial ability when tested in spring than in autumn and the
variation appears to be linked to seasonal fluctuations in male sex hormones.."
The author of the study speculates that the difference could amount to up to
50 points on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. But spring is when men's
testosterone levels tend to be lower, yet older men given "restorative" doses
of testosterone improved on tests of spatial reasoning. Moreover "women whose
overall average testosterone level was higher did better on spatial reasoning
than other women, no matter where they were in their monthly cycle" .
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| 1573.1 | color me blue | PULPO::BELDIN_R | Pull us together, not apart | Tue Feb 25 1992 08:58 | 14 |
| Re: <<< Note 1573.0 by STAR::ABBASI >>>
Has the Silly Season arrived again so soon?
All kinds of curious correlations can be found. Unless there is some
acknowledged link between the phenomena, this kind of information is not
very useful.
With "publish or perish" the rule and inadequate filtering provided by the
publishers, we have to be even more skeptical than twenty years ago.
Its sad.
Dick
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| 1573.2 | | CLT::TRACE::GILBERT | Ownership Obligates | Tue Feb 25 1992 10:15 | 11 |
| .1> All kinds of curious correlations can be found. Unless there is some
.1> acknowledged link between the phenomena, this kind of information is not
.1> very useful.
Not useful? Read on...
.0> ... older men given "restorative" doses
.0> of testosterone improved on tests of spatial reasoning.
Part of the reason for publishing such "curious correlations" is so some
other researchers can help find an "acknowledged link between the phenomena."
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| 1573.3 | | SGOUTL::BELDIN_R | Pull us together, not apart | Tue Feb 25 1992 11:38 | 6 |
| Re: <<< Note 1573.2 by CLT::TRACE::GILBERT "Ownership Obligates" >>>
Excuse me. I should have said "... not useful to the casual reader." It
takes a lot more resources than any individual has to determine how much one
can rely on such correlations.
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