Editing David C. Geary (section)

==Education==
Geary received a BS degree in psychology from [[Santa Clara University]] (California) in 1979, and an MS from the clinical child/school psychology program at [[California State University at Hayward]] (now East Bay) in 1981.  After completing the MS degree, he worked for the emergency treatment center of the Mental Research Institute<ref>[http://www.mri.org/index.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624165439/http://www.mri.org/index.html|date=June 24, 2011}}</ref> in Palo Alto, California, and began the Ph.D. program at the [[University of California, Riverside]], in 1982. His initial interests were in hemispheric laterality and associated sex differences, but focused his dissertation work on mathematical cognition under the direction of Keith Widaman (now at UC, Davis).