Spatial tasks on a large, high-resolution, tiled display: a male inferiority in performance with a mental rotation task

Authors:
Bernt Ivar Olsen;Bruno Laeng;Kari-Ann Kristiansen;Gunnar Hartvigsen
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway;Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway and Department of Biological & Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;University Hospital of Northern Norway;Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway and University Hospital of Northern Norway
Venue:
EPCE'11 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Engineering psychology and cognitive ergonomics
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In previous research we have investigated the effect of screen size on the perceptual mental rotation task (MRT) by comparing performance on a large 230 inches display with that on a standard 14.1 inches laptop display. The former work indicated that females might gain an advantage over males on a larger display. The current study confirms a significant female advantage over male performance in the MRT. However, our current findings helped to reveal that, instead of improving the females' performance, the screen size had a detrimental effect on male performance, while female performance actually remained unaffected by both the large object size than the standard one.