Factors Influencing Mental-Rotation with Action-based Gender-Stereotyped Objects—The Role of Fine Motor Skills

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• 作者：Petra Jansen ; Claudia Quaiser-Pohl ; Sarah Neuburger ; Vera Ruthsatz
• 关键词：Action ; based stimuli ; Stereotype ; Primary school aged children ; Mental ; rotation performance ; Gender differences
• 刊名：Current Psychology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：June 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：34
• 期：2
• 页码：466-476
• 全文大小：227 KB
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• 作者单位：Petra Jansen (1)
  Claudia Quaiser-Pohl (2)
  Sarah Neuburger (2)
  Vera Ruthsatz (2)
  
  1. Institute of Sport Science, University of Regensburg, Universit?tsstr. 31, 93047, Regensburg, Germany
  2. Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Universit?tsstra?e 1, 56070, Koblenz, Germany
  
• 刊物主题：Psychology, general; Social Sciences, general; Interdisciplinary Studies;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1936-4733

文摘

The present study investigated the influence of manual dexterity and gender on mental-rotation performance with action-based stereotyped items. Twenty five girls and 25 boys of fourth grade solved a chronometric mental-rotation test with action-based gender stereotyped items. Furthermore, manual dexterity was measured. Results showed that instead of gender, manual dexterity and the stereotyped nature of the action-based items influenced mental-rotation performance. A correlation analysis suggests that this result holds true for boys but not for girls. Overall, findings confirm the relation between perception and action, which both develop early in life. Results are discussed with regard to the kind of mental transformation that is required (object based vs. egocentric) and the effect of gestures on mental-rotation performance.