Gender differences in mothers’ spatial language use and children’s mental rotation abilities in Preschool and Kindergarten

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne K. Ralph ◽  
Kate Berinhout ◽  
Mandy J. Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Spatial Language

Gender Differences in the Mental Rotations Test (MRT) Are Not Due to Task Complexity

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinna Titze ◽  
Martin Heil ◽  
Petra Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Task Complexity ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Medium Effects ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Mental Rotations ◽  
Sufficient Power ◽  
Forced Choice Tasks ◽  
Choice Tasks

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.

On gender differences in mental rotation processing speed

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Debelak ◽  
Georg Gittler ◽  
Martin Arendasy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Processing Speed

Gender differences in mental rotation strategy depend on degree of autistic traits

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1024-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Stevenson ◽  
Mary B. Nonack
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Autistic Traits ◽  
Rotation Strategy

Spatial Development

2013 ◽  
pp. 563-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora S. Newcombe ◽  
David H. Uttal ◽  
Megan Sauter
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Formal Description ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Modular Architecture ◽  
Normative Development ◽  
Selective Review

This chapter is a selective review of spatial development, stressing several points. First, we suggest that spatial development can be usefully considered to have two strands: (a) the development of intraobject (or intrinsic) representations along with the ability to transform them (e.g., in mental rotation) and (b) the development of interobject (or extrinsic) representations and the ability to use them to navigate. Second, we argue that both lines of development begin from strong starting points, but also undergo considerable development. They are far from innately specified, nor do they have a modular architecture. Third, we discuss the amplification of spatial skills by human symbolic capabilities, including language, use of maps and models, and gesture. Fourth, we identify areas where research is lacking, most notably the formal description of intraobject skills and the charting of their normative development, the exploration of the sources of individual differences in navigation-relevant skills, and the applications of research to education.

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