Hostname: page-component-6898cfcb55-zkb6p Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-11T20:27:16.245Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Spatial ability: Not enough space to make a sex difference

Review products

Commentary onBenbowCamilla Persson (1988) Sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability in intellectually talented preadolescents: Their nature, effects, and possible causes. BBS 11: 169–232.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

John Eliot
John Eliot
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Study, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Get accessRights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Information

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1990, pp. 196
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Anderson, R. H., Fleming, D. E., Rhees, R. W. & Kinghorn, E. (1986) Relationships between sexual activity, plasma testosterone, and the volume of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area in prenatally stressed an nonstressed rats. Brain Research 370: 1–10. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Annett, M. (1980) Sex differences in laterality - meaningfulness versus reliability. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3: 227–28. [KR]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ashton, G. C. & Borecki, I. B. (1987) Further evidenc e for a gene influencing spatial ability. Behavior Genetics 17: 243–56. [JPR]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Becker, B. J. & Hedges, L. V. (1988) The effects of selection and variability in studies of gender differences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 183–84. [DIB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Benbow, C. P. (1986) Physiological correlates of extreme intellectual precocity. Neuropsychologia 24: 719–25. [rCPB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(1988a) Sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability in intellectually talented preadolescents: Thei r nature, effects, and possible causes. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: 11: 169–83. [rCPB, DIB, JGB, TJB, JE, KBH, ACP, JPR, KR]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
(1988b) Sex-related differences in precocious mathematical reasoning ability: Not illusory, not easily explained. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 217–25. [JE, KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Benbow, C. P. & Arjmands, O. (in press) Predictors of high academic achievement in mathematics and science among mathematically talented students: A longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology. [rCPB]Google Scholar
Benbow, C. P. & Stanley, J. C. (1980) Sex differences in mathematical ability: Fact or artifact? Science 210.1262–64. [rCPB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(1982) Consequences in high school and college of sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability: A longitudinal perspective. American Educational Research Journal 19: 598–622. [rCPB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
(1983) Sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability: More facts. Science 22: 1029–31. [KR]Google Scholar
Bock, R. D., Wainer, H., Petersen, A. C, Thissen, D., Murray, J. & Roche, A. (1973) A parameterization for individual human growth curves. Human Biology 45: 63–80. [ACP]Google ScholarPubMed
Bouchard, T. J. Jr. & McGue, M. (1981) Familial studies of intelligence: A review. Science 212: 1055–59. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dobzshansky, T. (1973) Differences are not deficits. Psychology Today 7: 96–101. [TJB]Google Scholar
Ehrhardt, A. A. & Baker, S. W. (1974) Fetal androgens, human central nervous system differentiation, and behavior sex differences. In: Sex differences in behavior, ed. Friedman, R. C., Richert, R. M. & van de Wiele, R. L.. Wiley. [rCPB]Google Scholar
Ehrhardt, A. A., Epstein, R & Money, J. (1968) Fetal androgens and female gender identity in the early-treated adrenogenital syndrome. Johns Hopkins Medical Journal 122: 165–67. [rGPB]Google ScholarPubMed
Eliot, J. (1987) Models of psychological space. Springer-Verlag. [JE]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Eysenck, H. J. (1988) O Tempora, O Mores! Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 189–90. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Faii-weather, H. (1976) Sex differences in cognition. Cognition 4: 231–50. [DIB]Google Scholar
Galton, F. (1869) Hereditary genius. Macmillan. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Geschwind, N. & Galaburda, A. M. (1985) Cerebral lateralization. Biological mechanisms, associations, and pathology: II. A hypothesis and a program for research. Archives of Neurology 42: 521–52. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hamann, M. S. & Ashcroft, M. H. (1985) Simple and complex mental addition across development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 40: 49–72. [KR]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Holland, J. H., Holyoak, K. J., Nisbett, R. E. & Thagard, P. R. (1986) Induction: Processes of inference, learning and discovery. MIT Press. [KR]Google Scholar
Hoyenga, K. B. & Hoyenga, K. T. (1988) Psychobiology: The neuron and behavior. Brooks/Cole. [KBH]Google Scholar
Jackson, N. E. (1988) To understand sex differences we must understand reasoning processes (and vice versa). Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 197–98. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
James, W. (1890) The principles of psychology. Holt. [KBH]Google Scholar
Jardine, R. & Martin, N. G. (1984) No evidence for sex-linked or sex-limited gene expression influencing spatial orientation. Behavior Genetics 14: 345–54. [DIB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kahn, A. S. & Jean, P. J. (1983) Integration and elimination or separation and redefinition in the future of the psychology of women. Women in Culture and Society 8: 659–71. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kenrick, D. T. (1988) Biology: Si! Hard-wired ability: Maybe no. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 199–200. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kertesz, A., Polk, M., Howell, J. & Black, S. E. (1986) Cerebral dominance, sex, and callosal size on MRI. Neurology (Suppl. 1) 316. [KBH]Google Scholar
(1987) Cerebral dominance, sex, and callosal size in MRI. Neurology 37: 1385–88. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kimball, M. M. (1986) Developing a feminist psychology of women: Past and future accomplishments. Canadian Psychology 27: 248–59. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirnura, D. (1988) Biological influences on cognitive function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 200. [JPR]Google Scholar
Koch, S. (1981) The nature and limits of psychological knowledge: Lessons of a century qua “Science.” American Psychologist 36: 257–69. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kolata, G. (1987) Remembering a “magical genius.” Science 236: 1519–21. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Li, C. C. (1987) A genetical model for emergenesis: In memory of Laurence H. Snyder, 1901–86. American Journal of Human Genetics 41: 517–23. [TJB]Google Scholar
Lykken, D. T. (1981) Research with twins: The concept of emergenesis. Psychophysiology 19: 361–73. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maccoby, E. E. & Jacklin, C. N. (1974) The psychology of sex differences. Stanford University Press. [ACP]Google Scholar
Norman, M. G. (1982) Mechanisms of brain damage in twins. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 9: 339–44. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nussbaum, R. L. & Ledbetter, D. H. (1986) Fragile X syndrome: A unique mutation in man. Annual Review of Genetics 20: 109–45. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Olson, D. M. & Eliot, J. (1986) Relationships between experiences, processing style, and sex-related differences in performance on spatial tests. Perceptual and Motor Skills 63: 479–86. [JE]Google Scholar
Olson, D. M., Eliot, J. & Hardy, R. C. (1988) Relationships between activities and sex-related differences in performance on spatial tests. Perceptual and Motor Skills 67: 223–32. [JE]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Paterson, A. H., Lander, E. S., Hewitt, J. D., Peterson, S., Lincoln, S. E. & Tanksley, S. D. (1988) Resolution of quantitative traits into Mendelian factors by using a complete linkage map of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Nature 335: 721–26. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Petersen, A. C. & Ebata, A. T. (1987) Developmental transitions and adolescent problem behavior: Implications for prevention and intervention. In: Social prevention and intervention, ed. Hurrelmann, K.. De Gruyter. [ACP]Google Scholar
Plomin, R. & Daniels, D. (1987) Why are children in the same family so different from one another? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 10: 1–60. [DIB, TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Plomin, R., DeFries, J. C. & Loehlin, J. C. (1977) Genotype-environment interaction and correlation in the analysis of human behavior. Psychological Bulletin 84: 309–22. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Post, R. H. (1962) Population differences in vision acuity: A review, with speculative notes on selection relaxation. Social Biology 29: 319–43. [JPR]Google Scholar
Reed, T. E. (1984) Mechanism for heritability of intelligence. Nature 311: 417. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
(1988) Narrow-sense heritability estimates on nerve conduction velocity and residual latency in mice. Behavior Genetics 18: 595–603. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Reinisch, J. M. & Sanders, S. A. (1984) Prenatal gonadal steroid influences on gender-related behavior. In: Progress in brain research, vol. 61, ed. De Vries, G. J., DeBruin, J. P. C., Uylings, H. B. M. & Cornet, H. A.. Elsevier. [rCPB]Google Scholar
Richardson, K. (1988) Understanding psychology. Milton Keynes, Open University Press. [KR]Google Scholar
Roberts, L. R., Sarigiani, P. A. & Petersen, A. C. (submitted) Gender differences in developmental change in the achievement - self-image relationship over early adolescence. [ACP]Google Scholar
Rushton, J. P. (1984) Sociobiology: Toward a theory of individual and group differences in personality and social behavior (with commentaries and response). In: Annals of theoretical psychology, vol. 2, ed. Royce, J. R. & Mos, L. P.. Plenum. [JPR]Google Scholar
(1985) Differential K theory: The sociobiology of individual and group differences. Personality and Individual Differences 6: 441–52. [JPR]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
(1988) Race differences in behaviour: A review and evolutionary analysis. Personality and Individual Differences 9: 1009–24. [JPR]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Simonton, D. K. (1988) Scientific genius: A psychology of science. Cambridge University Press. [TJB]Google Scholar
Soma, H., Takayama, M., Kiyokawa, T., Akaeda, T. & Tokoro, K. (1975) Serum gonadotropin levels in Japanese women. Obstetrics and Gynecology 46: 311–12. [JPR]Google ScholarPubMed
Springer, S. P. & Deutsch, G. (1985) Left brain, right brain. Freeman. [TJB]Google Scholar
Steen, L. A. (1987) Mathematics education: A predictor of scientific competitiveness. Science 237: 251–53. [JPR]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Thissen, A., Bock, R. D., Waieer, H. & Roche, A. F. (1976) Individual growth in stature: A comparison of four growth studies in the U.S.A. Human Biology 6: 529–42. [ACP]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Thomas, H. (1985) A theory of high mathematical aptitude. Journal of Mathematical Psychology 29: 231–42. [DIB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vandenberg, S. G. (1988) Could these sex differences be due to genes? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 212–14. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vandenberg, S. G. & Vogler, G. P. (1985) Genetic determinants of intelligence. In: Handbook of intelligence, ed. Wolman, B. B.. John Wiley. [TJB]Google Scholar
Via, S. & Lande, R. (1985) Genotype-environment interaction and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. Evolution 39: 505–22. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ward, I. L. & Reed, J. (1985) Prenatal stress and prepubertal social rearing conditions interact to determine sexual behavior in male rats. Behavioral Neuroscience 99: 301–9. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Widnall, S. E. (1988) AAAS presidential lecture: Voices from the pipeline. Science 241: 1740–45. [KBH]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wild, C. & Durso, R. (1979) Effect of increased test-taking time on test scores by ethnic group, age, and sex. GRE Board Research Report GREB No. 76–6R. [KBH]Google Scholar
Wilson, E. O. (1975) Sociobiology: The new synthesis. Harvard University Press. [JPR]Google Scholar
Wittig, M. A. & Petersen, A. C, eds. (1979) Sex-related differences in cognitive functioning: Developmental issues. Academic Press. [ACP]Google Scholar
Zohar, A. & Guttman, R. (1988) The forgotten realm of genetic differences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 217. [TJB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar