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Gender diferences in mental-rotation tests with cube fgures as rotational material are well examined and robust. Besides biological or socialization factors, task characteristics could partly be responsible for men’s advantage in mental rotation. Therefore, we investigated in two studies the infuence of diferent rotational materials on the gender diferences in mentalrotation performance. In the frst study, 134 undergraduate students (89 women, 45 men) participated using a mental-rotation t...Gender diferences in mental-rotation tests with cube fgures as rotational material are well examined and robust. Besides biological or socialization factors, task characteristics could partly be responsible for men’s advantage in mental rotation. Therefore, we investigated in two studies the infuence of diferent rotational materials on the gender diferences in mentalrotation performance. In the frst study, 134 undergraduate students (89 women, 45 men) participated using a mental-rotation test with either cube or pellet fgures. Signifcant gender diferences in favour of men but no interaction of gender and material were found. In the second study, 189 undergraduate students (110 women, 79 men) solved a mental-rotation test with either male or female-stereotyped objects. Signifcant gender diferences appeared only when male-stereotyped objects were used as rotational material, but not for female-stereotyped material. A signifcant interaction of gender and material appeared. Hence, some rotational objects seem to have an infuence on participants’ mental-rotation performance and the gender differences in this task while others do not afect performances of women and men.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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Psychologie