Stimulus features and sex differences in mental rotation test performance

Intelligence ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menucha Birenbaum ◽  
Anthony E. Kelly ◽  
Michal Levi-Keren
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Rotation Test ◽  
Stimulus Features

Mental Rotation Test Performance in Four Cross-Cultural Samples (N = 3367): Overall Sex Differences and the Role of Academic Program in Performance

Cortex ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1005-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Peters ◽  
Wolfgang Lehmann ◽  
Sayuri Takahira ◽  
Yoshiaki Takeuchi ◽  
Kirsten Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Rotation Test

Are There Sex Differences in the Genetic and Environmental Effects on Mental Rotation Ability?

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eero Vuoksimaa ◽  
Richard J. Viken ◽  
Laura Hokkanen ◽  
Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson ◽  
Richard J. Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Genetic Effects ◽  
Phenotypic Variance ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Rotation Test

Probably the most robust sex difference in cognitive abilities is that on average males outperform females in tests of mental rotation. Using twin data we tested whether there are sex differences in the magnitude of genetic and environmental effects on mental rotation test performance and whether the same or different genetic effects operate in females and males. The present study replicated the well-known male advantage in mental rotation ability. The relative proportion of variance explained by genetic effects did not differ between females and males, but interestingly, absolute additive genetic and unique environmental variances were greater in males reflecting significantly greater phenotypic variance in mental rotation test performance in males. Over half of the variance in mental rotation test performance was explained by genetic effects, which suggest that mental rotation ability is a good phenotype for studies finding genes underlying spatial abilities. Results indicate that females and males could be combined for such genetic studies, because the same genetic effects affected mental rotation test performance in females and males.

Beyond genetics in Mental Rotation Test performance

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 464-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelica Moè ◽  
Francesca Pazzaglia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Rotation Test

scholarly journals Sex differences in a chronometric mental rotation test with cube figures

Neuroreport ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 870-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Scheer ◽  
Felipe Mattioni Maturana ◽  
Petra Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Rotation Test

Subgroup Analysis of Sex Difference on the Vandenberg-Kuse Mental Rotation Test

2003 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kázmér Karádi ◽  
Árpád Csathó ◽  
Beatrix Kovács ◽  
Péter Kosztolányi
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Subgroup Analysis ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Rotation Test ◽  
The Mean

A large sex difference has been elicited on the Vandenberg-Kuse mental rotation test. Prior research emphasizes the biological root of this sex difference. In recent experiments we confirmed this viewpoint. A large sample was administered the test, and the distributions of scores for men and women ( N = 138; 68 men and 70 women; ages 19 to 23 years). The mean scores were used as cut-off points to group the men and the women in different subgroups (Low/Women, High/Women, Low/Men, High/Men). There were large differences among all subgroups, reinforcing Kimura's testosterone hypothesis for sex differences in spatial ability.

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