women in math

A recent study has shown that women's beliefs about math-related sex differences i.e. men are better than women at math, are likely to affect their ability to do math.The study shows that women who were told that men and women are equally good at mathematics performed well compared to those who were told about the stereotype of the fairer sex being worse at math than men.The research was conducted by Steven J. Heine and Ilan Dar-Nimrod at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.