The boys of average ability and the gifted girls showed strong activity on both sides of their brains as they thought about the puzzle.

智力一般的男孩与天资好的女孩在解题时脑子的两半球都活跃。

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At the easier levels, gifted boys beat gifted girls on a ratio of 2:1; in the middle levels the ratio increased to 4:1; and at the highest degree of difficulty it reached 13:1.

在测试的简单阶段，天才男孩战胜天才女孩的比例是2：1；难度达到中等时，这个比例增至4：1；到了最难的阶段，这个比例达到13：1。

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Along the continuum of abilities are hundreds of thousands of gifted men and women, boys and girls.

成千上万的天才男女都处在能力的连续统上。

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Other studies of gifted girls, she says, show that even though the girls had the ability, fewer than expected ended up reading maths and sciences at university.

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