Study finds negative association between empathizing and calculation ability
I'm going to read the rest of this paper, but it looks like the title here is misleading. The last sentence of the abstract:> These results identify empathy, and social skills more generally, as previously unknown predictors of mathematical achievement.Edit: added:> Contrary to our hypothesis, we found no relationship between systemizing and math achievement after controlling for domain general abilities and no relationship between the systemizing brain type (greater discrepancy between systemizing and empathizing) and math achievement.More edits:The "negative correlation" turns out to be only for "calculation" and the values are r=-0.22, p=0.02, with a sample size of around a hundred individuals. This is a negligible effect by any stretch of the imagination. Sounds like the authors did their diligence in writing this up, and it's the submitter's fault for the linkbait headline.