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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.
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Olsen, B.I., Laeng, B., Kristiansen, KA., Hartvigsen, G. (2011). Spatial Tasks on a Large, High-Resolution, Tiled Display: A Male Inferiority in Performance with a Mental Rotation Task. In: Harris, D. (eds) Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. EPCE 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6781. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21741-8_8
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