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| Research article summary (published 29 Nov 2002): |
Gender differences in memory for film of pigmies' hunting-gathering activities among Japanese children and adults.
Full Abstract
Although adaptation to hunting-gathering life is a main hypothesis for understanding of the nature of humans, studies directly examining the hypothesis have not been done. In the present study, we used the method of showing a film depicting hunting and housework by African hunter-gatherers to elementary pupils and university students to examine their memories. In pupils and students, males showed higher percentage of correct answers than females for hunting-related questions, and female showed higher percentage for housework-related questions. The results suggest a males' learning bias to hunting and support the hunting-gathering hypothesis.
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Author information
Author/s: Kobayashi, Tomomichi (T); Yano, Tomoyuki (T);
Affiliation: Division of Environmental Policy, Faculty of Environment and Information, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, Wakabadai 1-1-1, Tottori 689-1111, Japan. t-kobaya@kankyo-u.ac.jp
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of human ergology (J Hum Ergol (Tokyo)), published in Japan. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 31 (issue 1-2) : pp 59-62
Dates: Created 2003/08/11; Completed 2003/09/10; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12908336, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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