Usefulness of the Group-Comparison Method to Demonstrate Sex Differences in Spatial Orientation and Spatial Visualization in Older Men and Women
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 43 (2) , 388-390
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1976.43.2.388
Abstract
This paper reports an analysis of sex differences in cognitive test scores covering the dimensions of spatial orientation and spatial visualization in groups of 6 older men and 6 women matched for speed of performance on a maze test and level of performance on a spatial relations task. Older men were more proficient solving spatial problems using the body as a referent, whereas there was no significant difference between the sexes in imagining spatial displacement. Matched comparisons appear a useful adjunct to population research to understand the type(s) of cognitive processes where differentia] performance by the sexes is observed.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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