Durable and generalized effects of spatial experience on mental rotation: gender differences in growth patterns

By Melissa S. Terlecki, Nora S. Newcombe, M. Little. 2008

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Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Geography, Planning and Development

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The malleability of spatial skills: a meta-analysis of training studies. (2013, background): “The y-intercept of the line that relates response time to angular disparity also decreases (Heil et al., 1998; Terlecki et al., 2008) and may change more consistently then the slope of this line (Wright et al.”
Women's underrepresentation in science: sociocultural and biological considerations. (2009, background): “…be closed as a result of such experiences, two metaanalyses found that men and women improve in parallel in response to practice and training, so that gender differences remain constant in size (Baenninger & Newcombe, 1989; Marulis, Warren, Uttal, & Newcombe, 2005, cited in Terlecki et al., 2008).”
A Heuristic Framework of Spatial Ability: a Review and Synthesis of Spatial Factor Literature to Support its Translation into STEM Education (2018, positive): “Substantial research has established that spatial skills are malleable and that they respond positively to training, life experiences and educational interventions (Baenninger and Newcombe 1989; Terlecki et al. 2008; Uttal et al. 2013; Wright et al. 2008).”
Early Education for Spatial Intelligence: Why, What, and How (2010, background): “skills in undergraduates and even resulted in long-term transfer effects on other spatial tasks (Terlecki et al., 2008).”
Can spatial training improve long-term outcomes for gifted STEM undergraduates? (2013, background): “Fourth, why did we find no evidence of lasting spatial improvements when other researchers have? For example, past longitudinal research with about 10 h of training (Feng et al., 2007; Hedley, 2008; Pallrand & Seeber, 1984; Terlecki et al., 2008) has found little decrement in spatial skills after th”
Setting the scientific stage for esports psychology: a systematic review (2020, background): “…potential confounding variables of the studies included in this review that could affect the reliability of the results, such as the learning curves of participants (Röhlcke et al., 2018; Tekofsky et al., 2015) that varied according to gender and age (Terlecki et al., 2008; Thompson et al., 2014).”
Video Games and Spatial Cognition (2010, background): “Other early studies are reviewed in Achtman, Green, and Bavelier (2006a, 2008), Green, Li, and Bavelier (in press), Green-ﬁeld (1984), and Terlecki, Newcombe, and Little (2008).”
Components of Spatial Intelligence (2010, positive): “…such as mental rotation can be improved with practice (e.g., Kail, 1986; Wright, Thompson, Ganis, Newcombe, & Kosslyn, 2008), with instruction (Gerson, Sorby, Wysocki, & Baartmans, 2001) and even by experience playing video games (Feng, Spence, & Pratt, 2007; Terlecki, Newcombe, & Little, 2008).”
Spatial Thinking and STEM Education. When, Why, and How? (2012, background): “Wai et al. (2009) noted that the evidence relating spatial ability and future STEM attainment is exceptionally strong, covering 50 years of research with more than 400,000 participants, with multiple datasets converging on very similar conclusions.”
Spatial thinking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: Elementary teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and self‐efficacy (2021, background): “Spatial training improves performance in many populations including high achievers (Miller & Halpern, 2013) as well as across students of varying academic ability (Terlecki et al., 2008), and these benefits occur for men and women (see Uttal et al., 2013).”