An Inquiry into the Possible Existence of Internal Differences Correlated With A Morphological Dimorphism in the Terrestrial Species Homo sapiens, with Some Considerations of Methodology

by Paige Cunningham, Rachel Derber, Ariana Lamb, Jessica Miller, Kate DiFelice, Kate Kaczmarek, Faye McGrath, Crystal Nicodemus, Cassandra Phillips, Sonam Tamang, Ariel Velez, Cindy Zhan, and I. M. Cogito
Department of Biology and College Seminar Program
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania 19010

Prior morphological and anthropological work indicates that there are two "sexes" ("females" and "males") in the terrestrial species, Homo sapiens and raises the possibility that one of these ("females") engages in substantial internal information processing process ("thinking"), while the other ("males") does not. In the present studies, we have tested this hypothesis by comparing in populations of human females and males the time to complete several different tasks. Am important assumption of this study is that some tasks require more internal information processing than others, and that such differences would be apparent in longer times to complete those tasks which require more internal information processing. Our findings indicate that, with some reservations, this assumption is appropriate. With this issue resolved, our findings fail to support the hypothesis that males differ from females in an absence of substantial internal information processing. Further research will be needed to determine whether the particular populations sampled in this study are representative of the species as a whole.

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of our experimental subjects and of the Serendip website, as well as the opportunity, provided to us by Bryn Mawr College, to visit and undertake research on the planet Earth. Correspondence should be addressed to I.M. Cogito.

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