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A Sex Difference in Mental Rotation in Young Infants
Abstract
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° and 360°, 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.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Quinn, P. C., & Liben, L. S.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1067-1070
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2167499392
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 35.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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