No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity
The present study has two-fold aims: to investigate whether gender differences persist even when more time is given to acquire spatial information; to assess the gender effect when the retrieval phase requires recalling the pathway from the same or a different reference perspective (egocentric or al...
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| author | Raffaella Nori Laura Piccardi Laura Piccardi Andrea Maialetti Mirco Goro Andrea Rossetti Ornella Argento Cecilia Guariglia Cecilia Guariglia |
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| description | The present study has two-fold aims: to investigate whether gender differences persist even when more time is given to acquire spatial information; to assess the gender effect when the retrieval phase requires recalling the pathway from the same or a different reference perspective (egocentric or allocentric). Specifically, we analyse the performance of men and women while learning a path from a map or by observing an experimenter in a real environment. We then asked them to reproduce the learned path using the same reference system (map learning vs. map retrieval or real environment learning vs. real environment retrieval) or using a different reference system (map learning vs. real environment retrieval or vice versa). The results showed that gender differences were not present in the retrieval phase when women have the necessary time to acquire spatial information. Moreover, using the egocentric coordinates (both in the learning and retrieval phase) proved easier than the other conditions, whereas learning through allocentric coordinates and then retrieving the environmental information using egocentric coordinates proved to be the most difficult. Results showed that by manipulating familiarity, gender differences disappear, or are attenuated in all conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2777602c0fc44c7892acb3a5da4659d02022-12-22T00:31:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2018-03-011210.3389/fnins.2018.00204299898No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating FamiliarityRaffaella Nori0Laura Piccardi1Laura Piccardi2Andrea Maialetti3Mirco Goro4Andrea Rossetti5Ornella Argento6Cecilia Guariglia7Cecilia Guariglia8Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLife, Health and Environmental Science Department L'Aquila University, L'Aquila, ItalyNeuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Rome, Rome, ItalyNeuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Rome, Rome, ItalyThe present study has two-fold aims: to investigate whether gender differences persist even when more time is given to acquire spatial information; to assess the gender effect when the retrieval phase requires recalling the pathway from the same or a different reference perspective (egocentric or allocentric). Specifically, we analyse the performance of men and women while learning a path from a map or by observing an experimenter in a real environment. We then asked them to reproduce the learned path using the same reference system (map learning vs. map retrieval or real environment learning vs. real environment retrieval) or using a different reference system (map learning vs. real environment retrieval or vice versa). The results showed that gender differences were not present in the retrieval phase when women have the necessary time to acquire spatial information. Moreover, using the egocentric coordinates (both in the learning and retrieval phase) proved easier than the other conditions, whereas learning through allocentric coordinates and then retrieving the environmental information using egocentric coordinates proved to be the most difficult. Results showed that by manipulating familiarity, gender differences disappear, or are attenuated in all conditions.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00204/fullgender differencesallocentric frames of referenceegocentric frames of referencechange of perspectivelearning time |
| spellingShingle | Raffaella Nori Laura Piccardi Laura Piccardi Andrea Maialetti Mirco Goro Andrea Rossetti Ornella Argento Cecilia Guariglia Cecilia Guariglia No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity Frontiers in Neuroscience gender differences allocentric frames of reference egocentric frames of reference change of perspective learning time |
| title | No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity |
| title_full | No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity |
| title_fullStr | No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity |
| title_full_unstemmed | No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity |
| title_short | No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity |
| title_sort | no gender differences in egocentric and allocentric environmental transformation after compensating for male advantage by manipulating familiarity |
| topic | gender differences allocentric frames of reference egocentric frames of reference change of perspective learning time |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00204/full |
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