A 10-Year Longitudinal Relationship Between Preschool Sex-Typical Play Behavior at Age 3.5 Years and Mental Rotation Performance in Adolescence at Age 13 Years.
It has been proposed that childhood sex-typical play experiences may shape subsequent mental rotation abilities. Average sex differences in both play behavior and mental rotation performance have been well documented. Male-typical play typically involves more spatial activities than does female-typi...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 2057 - 2069 |
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