Gender differences in children's spatial cognition

Poster

Gender differences in spatial tasks emerge early in development. In this project, I am interested in how boys and girls differ in their mental effort and affective states on mental rotation tasks. Specifically, I aim to answer the following questions:

  • Do boys and girls (6-8 years) differ in their mental rotation performance?
  • How do boys and girls differ in their mental effort and affective states on mental rotation tasks?
  • Does trial history influence children’s mental rotation performance?
development mental-rotation

Publications

Trial history influences the malleability of gender differences in children’s mental rotation performance
Despite accumulating evidence of gender differences in mental rotation performance, much remains unknown about the variables that lead …
Liu & Lourenco
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