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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Behavior

Background:

  • Spatial memory is crucial for navigation and orientation.
  • Virtual reality (VR) offers a controlled environment for studying cognitive functions.
  • Reversal learning paradigms assess cognitive flexibility and adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gender differences in spatial memory and reversal learning.
  • To evaluate how men and women perform under varying task demands.
  • To explore the cognitive underpinnings of observed gender-based performance variations.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty participants (30 men, 30 women) completed a VR-based spatial memory task.
  • The task involved an acquisition phase and a reversal phase with shifting reward locations.
  • Performance was assessed across different levels of task difficulty.

Main Results:

  • Men demonstrated superior performance compared to women in the reversal phase under high-demand conditions.
  • Significant gender differences were observed in spatial orientation and cognitive flexibility.
  • Performance variations are linked to underlying cognitive ability disparities between genders.

Conclusions:

  • Gender influences spatial memory performance, particularly in complex reversal learning scenarios.
  • Cognitive abilities related to spatial orientation and flexibility differ between men and women.
  • VR-based tasks provide valuable insights into sex-based differences in cognitive functions.