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| Boys' impulsiveness may result in better math ability Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT In a new study, girls and boys started grade school with different approaches to solving arithmetic problems, with girls favoring a slow and accurate approach and boys a faster but more error prone approach. Girls' approach gave them an early advantage, but by the end of sixth grade boys had surpassed the girls. The study found that boys showed more preference for solving arithmetic problems by reciting an answer from memory, whereas girls were more likely to compute the answer by counting.  |
| The longer you're awake, the slower you get Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT Regardless of how tired you perceive yourself to be, lack of sleep can influence the way you perform certain tasks.  |
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