scholarly journals Mental Rotation Test Performance of Chinese Male and Female University Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Tsui ◽  
Edmond Venator ◽  
Xu Xiaoying
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Rotation Test ◽  
Chinese Male

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

Preliminary Identification of Nonlinear Correlations for Spatial Tests and Reaction-Time Tasks

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-434
Author(s):  
Mark Y. Czarnolewski ◽  
John Eliot
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Rotation Test ◽  
Preliminary Identification ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Spatial Test ◽  
Nonlinear Correlations ◽  
Underlying Processes

Scores on three spatial tests (mental rotation, embedded figures, and gestalt completion) were significantly correlated with four same–different reaction-time tasks in a sample of 48 female university students. Scores on the Vandenberg-Kuse mental rotation test correlated best with a one-different–all-different task, embedded figures with a one-different-all-same task, and the gestalt completion with a one-same-all-same task, suggesting that the strategies subjects employ for each spatial test are similar to the strategies they use in each of the same–different tasks with which their scores correlate best. Present results support the position that stronger correlations than previously noted between scores on spatial tests and reaction-time tasks are observed when matching the tests and tasks in terms of hypothesized underlying processes.

scholarly journals Cubes or Pellets in Mental-Rotation Tests: Effects on Gender Differences and on the Performance in a Subsequent Math Test

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Rahe ◽  
Claudia Quaiser-Pohl
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Stimulus Material ◽  
Mental Rotation Test ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Math Test ◽  
Better Than

In mental rotation, males consistently outperform females in performance and confidence. Both can affect math anxiety. In the present study, 107 undergraduate students (85 female) solved a mental-rotation test either with cube (C-MRT) or pellet (P-MRT) figures as stimulus material, then reported their confidence in their ability in the test, and solved a math test. Males performed better than females in both test versions: In the C-MRT, with a large effect, and in the P-MRT, with a small effect, and reported higher scores in their confidence. In math test performance, males scored higher than females when they solved the math test after the C-MRT but not after the P-MRT. The interactions of gender and stimulus material were not significant. Correlations between confidence and math test performance were large for males and not significant for females. Stereotype threat and lift effects are discussed as possible reasons for the varying effects of the stimulus material on the MRT performance of male and female participants.

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

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

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.

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