Sex Differences for Selective Forms of Spatial Memory

Autor/inn/en	Postma, Albert; Jager, Gerry; Kessels, Roy P. C.; Koppeschaar, Hans P. F.; van Honk, Jack
Titel	Sex Differences for Selective Forms of Spatial Memory
Quelle	In: Brain and Cognition, 54 (2004) 1, S.24-34 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-2626
DOI	10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00238-0
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Memory; Cognitive Processes; Evolution; Cognitive Tests; Performance; Males; Spatial Ability; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Gedächtnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Achievement; Leistung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	In the present study, a systematic comparison of sex differences for several tests of spatial memory was conducted. Clear evidence for more accurate male performance was obtained for precise metric positional information in a wayfinding task and in an object location memory task. In contrast, no sex difference characterized topological information processing (object-to-position assignment). Together, these findings provide further insight in the specificity of sex differences in spatial memory and in the functional architecture of spatial memory. Implications for the relevant evolutionary basis are discussed. (Author).
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