Journal article
Sex differences in spatial object-location memory in a virtual grocery store
Cyberpsychology & behavior, v 11(4), pp 471-473
01 Aug 2008
PMID: 18721096
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Abstract
The grocery shopping Virtual Reality Spatial Object-Location Test (VRSOLT) was developed to examine sex differences in spatial object-location memory in a 3D virtual environment that simulates the real world. Forty college students (20 males, 20 females) were tested on the VRSOLT as well as mental rotation and 2D object-location memory tasks. Both convergent and divergent validity was demonstrated. Males showed an advantage on mental rotation, and results of the VRSOLT grocery store test replicated the female object-location advantage seen in 2D tests. A strategy of systematically navigating the environment may aid female encoding for object location.
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Details
- Title
- Sex differences in spatial object-location memory in a virtual grocery store
- Creators
- Mary V. Spiers - Drexel UniversityMaiko Sakamoto - Drexel Univ, Dept Psychol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USARichard J. Elliott - Drexel Univ, Dept Psychol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USASteve Baumann - Psychol Software Tools Inc, Pittsburgh, PA USA
- Publication Details
- Cyberpsychology & behavior, v 11(4), pp 471-473
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000258946800012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-50149114794
- Other Identifier
- 991019168523004721
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