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Jacob Hervin¹, Claire L Gibson¹

¹School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK.

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Males continue to outperform females in mental rotation tasks, a finding consistent with historical research. This systematic review and meta-analysis confirms a persistent sex difference in spatial reasoning abilities.

Keywords:

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Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Human Behavior

Background:

Historical research indicates sex differences in mental rotation ability.
Recent studies are needed to confirm if these differences persist.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically review and meta-analyze studies published since 2010 on sex differences in mental rotation.
To determine the current magnitude and consistency of these differences.

Main Methods:

Systematic literature search of databases including University of Nottingham's Library, Google Scholar, and PubMed.
Inclusion criteria focused on studies since 2010 comparing biological sex differences in mental rotation, excluding prior meta-analyses and studies with unavailable full text.
Meta-analysis of 59 effect sizes from 41 identified studies.

Main Results:

Males demonstrated superior performance compared to females in mental rotation tasks (effect size d = 0.60).
The Mental Rotation Test (MRT) yielded the largest effect size among assessed tasks.
Significant heterogeneity was noted in the research data, despite no evidence of publication bias.

Conclusions:

The findings align with previous research, confirming a persistent sex difference in mental rotation.
The study highlights the substantial effect size observed with the MRT, prompting further investigation into assessment-specific variations.