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Hideki Mochizuki1, Kotaro Takeda2, Yutaka Sato3
1Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Plos One
|July 27, 2019
Summary
Men and women performed similarly on mental rotation tasks, though women showed slower responses for left-hand images. This suggests differences in strategy use during mental rotation tasks.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Mental rotation tasks assess spatial reasoning abilities.
- Previous research suggests potential gender differences in spatial cognition, but findings are often inconsistent.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate gender differences in performance on arrow selection and mental hand rotation tasks.
- To explore response accuracy and time between men and women.
Main Methods:
- Participants (15 men, 15 women) completed tasks involving left/right arrow identification and mental rotation of hand images at various angles.
- Response times and accuracy rates were recorded for both tasks.
Main Results:
- No significant differences in correct response rates were found between genders or for left/right stimuli.
- Response times were longer for left arrows than right arrows, regardless of gender.
- Women exhibited longer response times for left-hand images compared to right-hand images and compared to men's responses.
Conclusions:
- Both genders appear to primarily use implicit motor imagery for hand mental rotation.
- Gender-specific performance differences may stem from varying reliance on visual imagery and other cognitive factors.
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