Sex and cultural differences in children's spatial and verbal memory span.
Spatial span (Corsi's block-tapping) and verbal span (Wechsler Digits Forward) were measured in 1113 children aged 4 to 10 yr. from urban and rural districts of the Regione Campania. Significant differences pointing to a better performance of the "town" group were found on both tests. Sex differences were found only on the spatial span test; boys performed better than girls.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D012424:Rural Population; D013028:Space Perception; D014505:Urban Population; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014888:Wechsler Scales