Article : A Sex Difference in Mental Rotation in Young Infants
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  • Auteurs
    Paul C. Quinn, Lynn S. Liben
  • Année de publication
    2008
  • Journal
    Psychological Science
  • Abstract (dans sa langue originale)

    Three- to 4-month-old female and male human infants were administered a two-dimensional mental-rotation task similar to those given to older children and adults. Infants were familiarized with the number 1 (or its mirror image) in seven different rotations between 0 degrees and 360 degrees, and then preference-tested with a novel rotation of the familiar stimulus paired with its mirror image. Male infants displayed a novelty preference for the mirror-image stimulus over the novel rotation of the familiar stimulus, whereas females divided attention between the two test stimuli. The results point toward an early emergence of a sex difference in mental rotation.

  • Identifiant unique
    10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02201.x
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