TY  - JOUR
TI  - Where are the gender differences? Male priming boosts spatial skills in women
SP  - 274
IS  - 3
A1  - Ortner, Tuulia M.
A1  - Sieverding, Monika
KW  - Gender priming; Gender differences; Spatial skills; Mental rotation; Test fairness
PB  - Springer
EP  - 281
Y1  - 2008///
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-008-9448-9
JF  - Sex roles : a journal of research
SN  - 0360-0025
ID  - heidok19329
N2  - 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).
VL  - 59
CY  - New York, NY
AV  - public
ER  -