Jansen, Petra and Zayed, Kashef and Osmann, Ronja (2016) Gender differences in mental rotation in Oman and Germany. LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 51. pp. 284-290. ISSN 1041-6080, 1873-3425
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Gender differences in mental rotation often show that males are superior at this task. This study explored gender differences in two nations, which have disparities in their gender equality. While Germany represents a western liberal culture, Oman represents a conservative eastern culture. Students from Germany (119) and Oman (120) completed a mental rotation test, a cognitive processing speed test and a questionnaire of physical activity. The results show a significantly better mental rotation performance for the German students compared to Oman students and an overall, gender difference across both cultures. Furthermore, German students outperformed Oman students in cognitive processing speed but there were no gender differences between the cultures. We conclude that mental rotation performance is related to nation, gender and cognitive processing speed. The results are discussedin the frame of how education systems developed in Germany and Oman. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SPATIAL ABILITIES; SEX-DIFFERENCES; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; CHILDREN; EXPERIENCE; MUSICIANS; EDUCATION; SPORT; Mental rotation performance; Gender differences; Cross cultural psychology; Physical activity |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2019 12:42 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2019 12:42 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/4144 |
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