Joel et al.'s method systematically fails to detect large, consistent sex differences
| Autor: | DEL GIUDICE, Marco, Lippa, R. A., Puts, D. A., Bailey, D. H., Bailey, J. M., Schmitt, D. P. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Sex Characteristics
Multidisciplinary Computer science 05 social sciences 050105 experimental psychology Genealogy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Consistency (negotiation) Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Letters Social psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Sex characteristics |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(14) |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 |
| Popis: | In their widely publicized paper, Joel et al. (1) make two empirical claims about sex differences in features of the human brain: ( i ) “…internal consistency [in individuals’ sex-differentiated brain features] is rare” (p. 15472) and ( ii ) the amount of overlap in sex-differentiated features of male and female brains “undermines any attempt to distinguish between a ‘male’ and a ‘female’ form for specific brain features” (p. 15471). We argue that claim i is based on faulty methodology, and claim ii is misleading if extended to overall sex differences in brain structure. In regard to claim ii , Joel et al. (1) did not conduct analyses (e.g., discriminant analyses) designed to … [↵][1]1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: marcodg{at}unm.edu. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1 |
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