Gaulin S J, Wartell M S
J Comp Psychol. 1990 Jun;104(2):183-9. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.104.2.183.
Sex differences in spatial skills are sometimes attributed to sex differences in spatial experience. This hypothesis rests on two assumptions: Spatial experience typically differs with sex and spatial experience has lasting effects on spatial cognition. We tested the latter assumption in a controlled experiment with wild-caught prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and their spatially deprived, laboratory-reared, first-generation offspring; we found the assumption to be unjustified. Although major differences in spatial experience had no effect on maze performance, relatively small differences in motivation produced a significant difference in error rates.
空间技能方面的性别差异有时被归因于空间体验的性别差异。这一假设基于两个前提：空间体验通常因性别而异，且空间体验对空间认知有持久影响。我们在一项对照实验中对野生捕获的草原田鼠（橙腹草原田鼠）及其在空间上被剥夺、在实验室饲养的第一代后代进行了测试，以验证后一个前提；我们发现这个前提是不合理的。尽管空间体验的重大差异对迷宫表现没有影响，但动机方面相对较小的差异却导致了错误率的显著差异。
