title: Sex differences in spatial memory: a reanalysis of block tapping long-term memory according to the short-term memory level.
abstract: This paper analyzes the spatial memory performance of 495 subjects. Both short-term and long-term memory have been analyzed by means of the Corsi block-tapping test. We provide separate norms for the learning of a supra-span sequence according to the level of spatial short-term memory. The long-term memory of males and females was compared in groups matched for spatial short-term memory, and the gender effect was never found to be significant. This finding is discussed in relation to the nature of sex differences in spatial abilities.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Neurologica dell'Università, Ospedale S. Paolo, Milano.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capitani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laiacona
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciceri
mesh_terms: D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors