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Published online 11 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030908-10
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Females faster at spotting small numbers
Museum test finds counting difference between men and women.
Women have a better instinct for small numbers than men, hints a new counting study.
In a maths test based at a science museum, female volunteers recognized one to four dots more quickly than males did.
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