A note on sex differences in mental rotation in different age groups
A note on sex differences in mental rotation in different age groups
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10.1016/j.intell.2007.12.003
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2008-11-01
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3
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Eid, Michael
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作者：
Geiser, Christian;Lehmann, Wolfgang;Eid, Michael
大量研究报告称，在心理旋转任务中，男性的平均表现差异更大。然而，目前还不清楚不同年龄之间的性别差异有多大。以及这种差异是否会随着年龄的增长而增加。在这项研究中，我们重新分析了来自N=1624名德国学生的横断面调查数据，这些学生接受了(他·彼得斯等人)的测试。[彼得斯。M.，Laeng。B、拉森。K.，Jackson，M.，R.Zaiouna&Richardson。C.(1995)。重新绘制的Vandenbug和Kuse心理旋转测验：不同的版本和影响性能的因素。大脑与认知，28，39-58。]心理旋转测验的版本[MRT；范登堡。S.G.，&，Kuse，A.R.(1978)。心理旋转，三维空间视觉化的集体测试。知觉和运动技能，60,343-350。]所有年龄段(9-23岁)都存在偏向男性的性别差异，d值在0.52到1.49之间。结构方程分析显示，仅总体性别就能解释潜在MRT得分的16.1%。此外，无论男女，心理旋转分数都随着年龄的增长而增加(Delta R-2=.126)。性别和年龄之间的小而显著的交互作用表明，男性的增长比女性更强(Delta R-2=0.003)。因此，我们的发现表明，随着年龄的增长，性别差异略有增加。(C)2008 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
A large number of studies have reported average performance differences in favor of males in mental rotation tasks. However, it is still unclear to what extent the magnitude of the sex differences varies across age. and whether the differences increase with age. In this study, we reanalyzed data from a cross-sectional investigation of N = 1624 German students who were tested with (he Peters et al. [Peters. M., Laeng. B., Lathan. K., Jackson, M., Zaiouna, R.. & Richardson. C. ( 1995). A redrawn Vandenbug and Kuse Mental Rotations Test: Different versions and factors that affect performance. Brain and Cognition, 28, 39-58.] version of the Mental Rotations Test [MRT; Vandenberg. S.G., &, Kuse, A.R.. ( 1978). Mental rotations, a group test of three-dimensional spatial visualisation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 60, 343-350.]. Sex differences in favor of males were found for all age groups (9-23 years), with d values ranging from .52 to 1.49. Structural equation analyses revealed that overall Sex alone accounted for 16.1% of the variance in latent MRT scores. Furthermore, mental rotation scores increased with age for both genders (Delta R-2 =. 126). The increase was stronger for males than for females as indicated by a small but significant interaction between sex and age (Delta R-2 = .003). Our findings thus suggest a slight increase in the sex differences as a function of age. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.