Ozer D J
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jul;53(1):129-34. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.53.1.129.
In the context of a longitudinal study of cognitive and personality development, I examined various correlates of spatial visualization ability, as measured by Vandenberg's Mental Rotations Test, in order to elaborate the meaning of the known sex difference on this factor. Spatial visualization ability in females was correlated with verbal IQ and various aspects of personality. These relations were absent in males. Within each sex, measures of cognitive abilities obtained in childhood predicted spatial visualization ability at age 18. Hypotheses designed to explain the sex difference in spatial visualization must be sensitive to the different implications of this factor in males and females.
在一项关于认知与人格发展的纵向研究中，我考察了由范登伯格心理旋转测试所测量的空间视觉化能力的各种相关因素，以阐明这一因素上已知的性别差异的意义。女性的空间视觉化能力与言语智商及人格的各个方面相关。而在男性中，这些关系并不存在。在每个性别内部，童年时期获得的认知能力测量结果能够预测18岁时的空间视觉化能力。旨在解释空间视觉化方面性别差异的假设必须对该因素在男性和女性中的不同影响保持敏感。
