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Re:Brain connections may explain why girls mature faster by smtddr on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @03:33PM (#6996471)
>>female vervet monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the feminine toys (a picture book and a stuffed dog).

I don't know what to say about using monkeys for this kind of study, but I will say that I never thought of stuffed dogs & picture books as feminine. Those sound like male/neutral to me!

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Re:Brain connections may explain why girls mature faster by popularopinion on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @03:38PM (#6996487)
You are correct, I looked up the original study and found that the picture book and the furry dog were actually the neutral condition toys. The feminine toys were a doll and a red cooking pan. Thank you for pointing this out, I will edit my post.
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