Which of the following statements is true regarding gender differences in cognitive performance?

A. There is very little overlap between males and females in cognitive performance.
B. Females are better than males on tasks requiring mental rotation of 3-D objects but less so on other spatial tasks.
C. Gender differences in cognitive performance have become more extreme in recent years.
D. The differences that do exist are task specific; that is, females do not excel on all verbal tasks.


Answer: D

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