Women Match Men when Learning a Spatial Skill.

Spence, Ian; Yu, Jingjie Jessica; Feng, Jing; Marshman, Jeff

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Title:	Women Match Men when Learning a Spatial Skill
Authors:	Spence, Ian; Yu, Jingjie Jessica; Feng, Jing; Marshman, Jeff
Descriptors:	Video Games; Females; Attention; Spatial Ability; Teaching Methods; Basic Skills; Males; Meta Analysis; Cognitive Ability; Gender Differences; College Students; Cognitive Development; Foreign Countries
Source:	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v35 n4 p1097-1103 2009
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Publisher:	American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications
Publication Date:	2009-00-00
Pages:	7
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract:	Meta-analytic studies have concluded that although training improves spatial cognition in both sexes, the male advantage generally persists. However, because some studies run counter to this pattern, a closer examination of the anomaly is warranted. The authors investigated the acquisition of a basic skill (spatial selective attention) using a matched-pair two-wave longitudinal design. Participants were screened with the use of an attentional visual field task, with the objective of selecting and matching 10 male-female pairs, over a wide range (30% to 57% correct). Subsequently, 20 participants 17-23 years of age (selected from 43 screened) were trained for 10 hr (distributed over several sessions) by playing a first-person shooter video game. This genre is known to be highly effective in enhancing spatial skills. All 20 participants improved, with matched members of the male-female pairs achieving very similar gains, independent of starting level. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the learning trajectory of women is not inferior to that of men when acquiring a basic spatial skill. Training methods that develop basic spatial skills may be essential to achieve gender parity in both basic and complex spatial tasks. (Contains 3 figures and 1 footnote.)
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Identifiers:	Canada; Ontario
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ISSN:	ISSN-0278-7393
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Higher Education
Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0015641

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