Affiliation:
1. Research Group Learning in Early Childhood, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
2. Department of Psychology Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
Abstract
AbstractMental rotation, the cognitive process of moving an object in mind to predict how it looks in a new orientation, is coupled to intelligence, learning, and educational achievement. On average, adolescent and adult males solve mental rotation tasks slightly better (i.e., faster and/or more accurate) than females. When such behavioral differences emerge during development, however, remains poorly understood. Here we analyzed effect sizes derived from 62 experiments conducted in 1705 infants aged 3–16 months. We found that male infants recognized rotated objects slightly more reliably than female infants. This difference survives correction for small degrees of publication bias. These findings indicate that gender differences in mental rotation are small and not robustly detectable in the first months of postnatal life.Research Highlights
We analyzed effect sizes of 62 mental rotation experiments including 1705 infants.
Looking time reveals that 3–16‐months‐old infants are able to perform mental rotation.
Mental rotation is slightly more reliable in male infants compared to female infants.
Gender difference in mental rotation is robust to small degrees of publication bias.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
H2020 European Research Council
Subject
Cognitive Neuroscience,Developmental and Educational Psychology
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