Agneta Herlitz

Professor of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Agneta Herlitz is professor of psychology at the Division of Psychology of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research aims to describe and explain psychological sex differences, but also to understand their potential societal impact.

Written by Agneta Herlitz

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In more prosperous societies, are men and women more similar?

How much the sexes differ psychologically depends on how fair and wealthy a country is. But not in the way you’d think

by Kåre Hedebrant & Agneta Herlitz