Spatial Tasks on a Large, High-Resolution, Tiled Display: A Male Inferiority in Performance with a Mental Rotation Task

  • Bernt Ivar Olsen
  • Bruno Laeng
  • Kari-Ann Kristiansen
  • Gunnar Hartvigsen
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6781)

Abstract

In previous research we have investigated the effect of screen size on the perceptual mental rotation task (MRT) by comparing performance on a large 230 inches display with that on a standard 14.1 inches laptop display. The former work indicated that females might gain an advantage over males on a larger display. The current study confirms a significant female advantage over male performance in the MRT. However, our current findings helped to reveal that, instead of improving the females’ performance, the screen size had a detrimental effect on male performance, while female performance actually remained unaffected by both the large object size than the standard one.

Keywords

Tiled display Spatial Tasks Mental Rotation Sex differences 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Bernt Ivar Olsen
    • 1
  • Bruno Laeng
    • 2
    • 3
  • Kari-Ann Kristiansen
    • 4
  • Gunnar Hartvigsen
    • 1
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of TromsøTromsøNorway
  2. 2.Department of PsychologyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
  3. 3.Department of Biological & Medical PsychologyUniversity of BergenBergenNorway
  4. 4.University Hospital of NorthernNorway

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