Sex difference on spatial skill test linked to brain structure

Friday, December 19, 2008 - 02:57 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

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