SEX-DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE-ABILITIES - A CROSS-CULTURAL-PERSPECTIVE

被引:115
作者
MANN, VA [1 ]
SASANUMA, S [1 ]
SAKUMA, N [1 ]
MASAKI, S [1 ]
机构
[1] TOKYO METROPOLITAN GERIATR HOSP & INST GERONTOL,ITABASHI KU,TOKYO 173,JAPAN
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D O I
10.1016/0028-3932(90)90141-A
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Studies in Western cultures have indicated significant sex differences in certain cognitive abilities. To determine whether similar differences occur in a non-Western culture, this study administered a cross-linguistic battery of tests to high school students in Japan and America. In both cultures, girls averaged significantly higher scores on a Story Recall test, the Digit-Symbol test and a Word Fluency test whereas boys achieved significantly higher scores on a Mental Rotation test. The analysis of standardized test scores further indicated that the size of the sex difference was culture-independent in three out of these four cases. These results are discussed in the context of the Geschwind and Galaburda [Cerebral Lateralization. Biological Mechanisms, Associations and Pathology, Bradford Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts] account of the contribution of testosterone to left-right asymmetries in early cerebral development. © 1990.
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页码:1063 / 1077
页数:15
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