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  • Neuroscience
  • Human Behavior

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  • Investigating sex differences in cognitive tasks is crucial for understanding spatial cognition.
  • The holistic versus piecemeal strategy hypothesis attempts to explain observed sex differences in mental rotation.
  • Curve tracing tasks offer an indirect method to explore these cognitive strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine potential sex differences in performance on a curve tracing task.
  • To use curve tracing as an indirect measure to test the holistic strategy hypothesis in relation to mental rotation.
  • To explore the global precedence effect in relation to sex differences.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments were conducted, involving curve tracing, the Navon local/global task, and mental rotation tasks.
  • Participants' performance was assessed for accuracy and strategy use.
  • Correlational analyses were performed to identify common cognitive components.

Main Results:

  • Men consistently demonstrated higher accuracy in curve tracing across all experiments.
  • No Sex × Distance interaction was found, failing to support a holistic strategy preference in men.
  • Men exhibited a reduced global precedence effect compared to women on the Navon task.
  • A performance advantage for men in mental rotation tasks emerged in the final experiment.

Conclusions:

  • While men excel in curve tracing accuracy, the results do not confirm a holistic strategy preference.
  • Sex differences in global precedence effects suggest distinct processing strategies.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying sex differences in spatial tasks.