The five-year-olds tended to view their own gender as the brilliant one, but this changed in the six- and seven-year-olds: At these ages, girls were more likely to pick the male characters as the brilliant ones. And this was true across different socioeconomic groups, races and ethnicities.

The five-year-olds tended to view their own gender as the brilliant one, but this changed in the six- and seven-year-olds: At these ages, girls were more likely to pick the male characters as the brilliant ones. And this was true across different socioeconomic groups, races and ethnicities.