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Baby boys may show spatial supremacy

Male superiority on mental rotation tasks may develop within a few months after birth

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12:36pm, November 25, 2008

The gender gap in spatial abilities — charted for more than 30 years — emerges within the first few months of life, years earlier than previously thought, psychologists report.

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