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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by shawabawa3 on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @11:33AM (#5978473)
> The fact is, the men under an alias in that study did also improve.

No they didn't.

From the study abstract [1]

"Women who used a fictitious name, and thus had their self unlinked from the math test, showed significantly higher math performance and reported less self-threat and distraction, relative to those who used their real names. Men were unaffected by the manipulation"

  [1] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15298868.2012.687012#.UdLyj6xDuKk
Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by laumars on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @11:37AM (#5978506)
Ah I must have misread that last sentence. Thanks for the correction