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ERIC Number: EJ697659
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-2626
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Sex Differences in a Human Analogue of the Radial Arm Maze: The ''17-Box Maze Test''
Rahman, Q.; Abrahams, S.; Jussab, F.
Brain and Cognition, v58 n3 p312-317 Aug 2005
This study investigated sex differences in spatial memory using a human analogue of the Radial Arm Maze: a revision on the Nine Box Maze originally developed by Abrahams, Pickering, Polkey, and Morris (1997) called the 17-Box Maze Test herein. The task encourages allocentric spatial processing, dissociates object from spatial memory, and incorporates a within-participants design to provide measures of location and object, working and reference memory. Healthy adult males and females (26 per group) were administered the 17-Box Maze Test, as well as mental rotation and a verbal IQ test. Females made significantly fewer errors on this task than males. However, post hoc analysis revealed that the significant sex difference was specific to object, rather than location, memory measures. These were medium to large effect sizes. The findings raise the issue of task- and component-specific sexual dimorphism in cognitive mapping.
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