Sex difference on spatial skill test linked to brain structure
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 09:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Men consistently outperform women on spatial tasks, including mental rotation, which is the ability to identify how a 3-D object would appear if rotated in space. A study shows a connection between this sex-linked ability and the structure of the parietal lobe, the brain region that controls this type of skill. read more