There has been a long-standing, and often very emotional debate about whether there are any gender differences in mathematical ability. If you have any doubts about how emotional and irrational the ...

There is a widespread, not always tacit assumption that a biological gender divide in aptitude for mathematics may underpin why women don’t prosper as well as their male counterparts in science, ...

A group of US researchers have come up with strong evidence that suggest humans may be innately wired, from infancy, to recognize and work with numbers. Numbers might not be as abstract a concept as ...