It’s a myth that baby boys are less social than girls – a new look at decades of research shows all babies are born to connect
- Written by Lise Eliot, Professor of Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Girls and boys are equally social at birth.
This finding, based on my team’s synthesis of six decades of research, may come as a surprise. Gender differences in adults’ social sensitivity are famous. Women outperform men at recognizing faces and emotions, and they score modestly higher on measures of empathy. They are likelier to take...