Where in the world am I? Sex and handedness differences in knowledge of geography.
218 college students (96 men and 122 women, including nearly equal numbers of right-handers and left-handers) were administered a modified version of the "Gallup Geography Test." Men outperformed women, and left-handed women outperformed right-handed women. We suggest that these results cannot be easily explained by any credible sociocultural model but are consistent with a neuropsychological model of sex and handedness differences in spatial ability advanced by Harshman, Hampson, and Berenbaum in 1983.
Snyder
P J
PJ
Department of Neurology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Harris
L J
LJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005843:Geography / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*