Title of article :
Processes underlying sex differences in route-learning strategies in children and adolescents
Author/Authors :
Choi، Jean نويسنده , , Silverman، Irwin نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages :
-1152
From page :
1153
To page :
0
Abstract :
Cognitive processes underlying sex differences in route-learning strategies were investigated in children and adolescents using a direction-giving paradigm based on a novel map. Sex differences in object memory and spatial perception tasks were found in children as young as 9 years of age although differences in route-learning strategies did not emerge until 12 years of age. This was followed by sex-specific patterns of cognitive processes underlying route-learning strategies in adolescents, suggesting that route-learning strategies emanate from different spatial processes. Results are consistent with the notion of specialized spatial processes in males and females, presumed to be the products of differential evolutionary pressures related to the division of labour.
Keywords :
Sex differences , Route-learning strategies , Spatial abilities , Development
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
Serial Year :
2003
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
Record number :
65940
Link To Document :
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