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==Sex differences in semantic processing ==
Studies of sex differences in semantic processing of words (attribution of meaning) reported that males conceptualize items in terms of physical or observable attributes whereas females use more evaluative concepts <ref> {{cite journal|last1= Haas |first1=A.|year=1979|title= Male and female spoken language difficulties: stereotypes and evidence.|journal= Psychological Bulletin|volume=86|pages=616-626}} </ref> <ref> {{cite journal|year=1982
|title= Social class-sex contrasts in patterns of cognitive style: a cross-cultural replication.|journal= Psychological Reports|volume=50|pages=19-26|last1= Poole|first1= M.E.}}</ref>. Another study of young adults in three cultures showed significant sex differences in semantic perception (attribution of meaning) of most common and abstract words. Contrary to common beliefs, women gave more negative scores to the concepts describing sensational objects, social and physical attractors but more positive estimations to work- and reality-related words, in comparison to men <ref> {{cite journal|last1=Trofimova|first1=IN|year=2012|url =
https://mijn.bsl.nl/understanding-misunderstanding-a-study-of-sex-differences-in-mea/522218?redirect=1|title=Understanding misunderstanding: a study of sex differences in meaning attribution.|journal= Psychological Research|volume=77(6)|pages=748-760|DOI=10.1007/s00426-012-0462-8}} </ref> This suggests that men favour concepts related to extreme experience and women favour concepts related to predictable and controllable routines. In a light of the higher rates of sensation seeking and deviancy in males, in comparison to females, these sex differences in meaning attribution were interpreted as support for the [[Geodakyan's evolutionary theory of sex| Evolutionary theory of sex]] <ref> {{cite journal|last1=Trofimova |first1=I.|year=2015|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/amerjpsyc.128.4.0485?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents|title= Do psychological sex differences reflect evolutionary bi-sexual partitioning? |journal =American Journal of Psychology|volume=128(4) |pages=485-514|doi= 10.5406/amerjpsyc.128.4.0485| PMID=26721176}}</ref>
