%0 Journal Article
%@ 0360-0025
%A Ortner, Tuulia M.
%A Sieverding, Monika
%C New York, NY
%D 2008
%F heidok:19329
%I Springer
%J Sex roles : a journal of research
%K Gender priming; Gender differences; Spatial skills; Mental rotation; Test fairness
%N 3
%P 274-281
%R 10.11588/heidok.00019329
%T Where are the gender differences? Male priming boosts spatial skills in women
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19329/
%V 59
%X The effects of gender stereotype activation by priming on performance in a spatial task were investigated among a mixed adult sample (including students) of 161 men and women (mean age=31.90) from Austria (Europe).  They were assigned to one of four experimental groups  according to gender and stereotype activation condition.  After a male or female gender stereotype activating task,  participants worked on a test assessing mental rotation  (three-dimensional cube test, Gittler 1990). A significant  main effect of priming on the performance in the mental  rotation task emerged. Cohen’s d showed a pronounced gender difference emerging only in the female priming condition (d=.59), whereas it disappeared in the male priming condition (d=.01).