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| Title |
Experimental But Not Sex Differences of a Mental Rotation Training Program on Adolescents
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01050 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Antonio Rodán, María José Contreras, M. Rosa Elosúa, Patricia Gimeno |
| Abstract |
Given the importance of visuospatial processing in areas related to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines, where there is still a considerable gap in the area of sex differences, the interest in the effects of visuospatial skills training continues to grow. Therefore, we have evaluated the visuospatial improvement of adolescents after performing a computerized mental rotation training program, as well as the relationship of this visuospatial ability with other cognitive, emotional factors and those factors based on the experience with videogames. The study, which was performed on students aged 14 and 15 years old, showed a significant improvement in this visuospatial skill for a training group (n = 21) compared to a control group (n = 24). Furthermore, no significant sex differences were obtained for spatial ability or for any of the other tasks evaluated, either before or after training. Regarding the relationship between skills, a significant correlation between experience with video games and spatial ability was found, as well as between mathematical reasoning and intelligence and with spatial ability in the initial phase for the total sample. These findings are discussed from a cognitive point of view and within the current sociocultural context, where the equal use of new technologies could help reduce the visuospatial gap between sexes. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 5 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 98 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Researcher | 9 | 9% |
| Other | 18 | 18% |
| Unknown | 26 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 39% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 29 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 March 2023.
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