How consistent are sex differences in math, verbal, and visual-spatial performance across culture? How does the cross-cultural consistency of these differences relate to the nature versus nurture debate?

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Sex differences in verbal and visual-spatial performance are fairly consistent across culture. Differences in math performance vary greatly across culture. The greater cross-cultural consistency observed, the more this is indicative of nature explanations of sex differences.

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