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Sex differences in route learning by children.

A C Gibbs1, J F Wilson

  • 1Psychology Department, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 45501, USA.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|September 14, 1999
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Boys showed better route-learning skills, making fewer errors and taking less time. Girls excelled at recalling landmarks, suggesting sex-based spatial navigation differences emerge in childhood.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Existing research indicates sex differences in adult spatial navigation, specifically route-learning.
  • However, studies on sex differences in children's spatial navigation and route-learning tasks are limited and inconclusive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate sex differences in route-learning and landmark recall in children aged 5 to 12 years.
  • To determine if established adult sex differences in spatial navigation are present in prepubescent children.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty-one children (ages 5-12) learned a specific route on a map to a defined criterion.
  • Following route learning, children were assessed on their ability to recall landmarks along the learned path.

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Main Results:

  • Boys demonstrated superior performance in route learning, committing significantly fewer errors and requiring less time and fewer trials to reach criterion.
  • Girls exhibited enhanced landmark recall compared to boys.
  • Age was a significant factor, impacting all measures of route learning and landmark recall.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest that sex-based patterns in spatial navigation, particularly in route learning and landmark memory, emerge during childhood.
  • These results indicate that the observed differences between adult men and women in spatial tasks may have developmental origins traceable to childhood.