Suitable stimuli to obtain (no) gender differences in the speed of cognitive processes involved in mental rotation

Gender differences are one of the main topics in mental rotation research. This paper focuses on the influence of the performance factor task complexity by using two versions of the Mental Rotations Test (MRT). Some 300 participants completed the test without time constraints, either in the regular version or with a complexity reducing template creating successive two-alternative forced-choice tasks. Results showed that the complexity manipulation did not affect the gender differences at all. These results were supported by a sufficient power to detect medium effects. Although performance factors seem to play a role in solving mental rotation problems, we conclude that the variation of task complexity as realized in the present study did not.

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Item Types, Cognitive Strategies, and Gender Differences in Mental Rotation

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e520602012-461 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Randi A. Doyle ◽

Daniel Voyer

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Mental Rotation ◽

Cognitive Strategies ◽

And Gender ◽

Item Types

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On gender differences in mental rotation processing speed

Learning and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.lindif.2013.10.003 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 8-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Rudolf Debelak ◽

Georg Gittler ◽

Martin Arendasy

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Mental Rotation ◽

Processing Speed

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Gender Differences in Math: Cognitive Processes in an Expanded Framework

Gender Differences in Mathematics ◽

10.1017/cbo9780511614446.005 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 73-98

Author(s):

James P. Byrnes

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Cognitive Processes

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Spatial Orientation In Sportsmen

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2016.v12n24p88 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (24) ◽

pp. 88

Author(s):

Stanislava Stoyanova ◽

Nikolay Ivantchev ◽

Kremka Petrova

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Cognitive Processes ◽

Spatial Orientation ◽

Test System ◽

Test Methods ◽

Visual Environment ◽

Sports Training

Cognitive processes are important for successful practicing of sport. 69 national and regional competitors in different kinds of sports were studied by means of 2D Visualisation, the subtest “Comparing surfaces” of AHA and GESTA - computerized test methods from Vienna Test System measuring spatial orientation, precision of estimation of the size of the surfaces, and perception of more or few details in visual environment respectively. There were not any significant gender differences in athletes’ spatial orientation. Longer period of sports training was related to better spatial orientation.

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