Preschoolers' mental rotation of letters: Sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry

Hahn, Nicola; Jansen, Petra; Heil, Martin

doi:10.1080/17588928.2010.485248

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“…In two recent studies, we consistently presented ERP evidence for a larger left hemispheric amplitude modulation as a function of mental rotation in preschool girls using characters and animal drawings as stimuli, but realizing a sufficient power to observe medium effect sizes [24,25]. A large sample size alone, however, is not sufficient in itself: with adults, no sex-specific lateralization effects were found during mental rotation of characters, although a sufficient power was realized [13].…”

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Sex-specific lateralization of event-related potential effects during mental rotation of polygons

2014

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Mental rotation performance has been found to produce one of the largest sex differences in cognition. Many theories suggest that this effect should be accompanied by a sex difference in functional cerebral asymmetry, but empirical data are more than equivocal probably because of (a) the use of inappropriate stimuli and (b) insufficient power of most neurophysiological studies. Therefore, sex differences in mental rotation of polygons were investigated in 122 adults. Men outperformed women on mental rotation speed (as well as on response time and accuracy). On the basis of the electrophysiological brain correlates of mental rotation, we observed a bilateral brain activity for men, whereas women's brain activity was clearly lateralized toward the left hemisphere if and only if mental rotation was involved. Thus, sex differences in functional cerebral asymmetry can indeed be observed if appropriate stimuli are used in a sufficiently large sample.

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“…Gender differences in the hemispheric lateralization are also assumed one reason for this [38–41]. Stronger lateralization in men than in women to the right hemisphere has been demonstrated during the MRT [38–40, 42], and that to the left hemisphere in a verbal task [41].…”

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Response time differences between men and women during hand mental rotation

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Takeda²,

Satō³

et al. 2019

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This study explored gender differences in correct response rates and response times on a task involving left or right arrow selection and another involving the transformation of mental rotation of the hand. We recruited 15 healthy, right-handed men (age 24.5 ± 6.4) and 15 healthy, right-handed women (age 21.3 ± 4.9). For the tasks, we used pictures of left and right arrows and 32 hand pictures (left and right, palm and back) placed in cons (each at 45° from 0° to 315°). Hand and arrow pictures alternated and were shown at random. Participants decided as quickly as possible whether each picture was left or right. To compare the time taken for the transformation of mental rotation of the hand, we subtracted the average arrow response time from that for the left and right hand pictures for each participant. Correct response rates did not differ significantly between men and women or left and right for either arrow or hand pictures. Regardless of gender, the response time was longer for the left arrow picture than right arrow picture. The response time for the hand picture was longest for both men and women for pictures at rotation angles that were most difficult to align with participants’ hands. While there was no difference between men’s responses for left and right hand pictures, the responses of women were longer for left than right hand pictures and also than those of men. These findings suggest that both men and women mainly perform the hand mental rotation task with implicit motor imagery. On the other hand, the gender difference in performance might be explained by the difference in balance with other strategies, such as visual imagery, and by cognitive, neurophysiological, and morphological differences.

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“…Preschoolers' mental rotation of letters: Sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry (Hahn, Jansen, & Heil, 2010 …”

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Preschoolers' mental rotation of letters: Sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry

Cited by 17 publications

References 39 publications

Sex-specific lateralization of event-related potential effects during mental rotation of polygons

Sex-specific lateralization of event-related potential effects during mental rotation of polygons

Response time differences between men and women during hand mental rotation

Highlights of the first two volumes and the new challenges ahead

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