Lövdén Martin, Herlitz Agneta, Schellenbach Michael, Grossman-Hutter Barbara, Krüger Antonio, Lindenberger Ulman
Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany, and School of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Scand J Psychol. 2007 Oct;48(5):353-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00582.x.
We examined sex differences in spatial navigation performance using an ecologically relevant experimental paradigm in which virtual maze-like museums are projected in front of a treadmill. Thirty-two 20-30-year-old adults (16 women/16 men) performed a way-finding task in city-block (straight corridors) or variable (irregular corridors) topographies while walking on the treadmill. Sex differences in spatial navigation performance were reduced in variable topographies, suggesting less reliance on spatial relational learning among women. Also, spatial geometric knowledge of the mazes continued to be higher in men after all participants had attained perfect place-finding performance. Results indicate that sex differences in spatial navigation performance are modulated by interactions between environmental demands and sex differences in spatial processing.
我们使用一种与生态相关的实验范式来研究空间导航表现中的性别差异，在该范式中，虚拟迷宫般的博物馆投影在跑步机前方。32名20至30岁的成年人（16名女性/16名男性）在跑步机上行走时，在城市街区（直走廊）或可变（不规则走廊）地形中执行寻路任务。在可变地形中，空间导航表现的性别差异减小，这表明女性对空间关系学习的依赖较少。此外，在所有参与者都达到完美的寻路表现后，男性对迷宫的空间几何知识仍然更高。结果表明，空间导航表现中的性别差异受到环境需求与空间处理中的性别差异之间相互作用的调节。
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