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