Stimulus Features and Sex Differences in Mental Rotation Test Performance.

Birenbaum, Menucha; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ498436

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Stimulus Features and Sex Differences in Mental Rotation Test Performance.

Birenbaum, Menucha; And Others

Intelligence, v19 n1 p51-64 Jul-Aug 1994

Sex differences in spatial ability were examined in 410 Israeli college students using standard tests of mental rotation. On related abilities tests, males performed better than females on a numerical skills test, and females performed better on an associative memory test. No significant sex differences were found on other ability tests. (SLD)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Ability, College Students, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Males, Mathematics Skills, Memory, Sex Differences, Spatial Ability, Stimuli

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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