ArticleScientific reports2019
Mental rotation of sequentially presented 3D figures: sex and sex hormones related differences in behavioural and ERP measures.
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- Neurophysiological sex differences in mental rotation in young adults: a narrative review of event-related potentials.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Long-term cognitive and neurophysiological effects of mental rotation training.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- The Brain Activation of Two Motor Imagery Strategies in a Mental Rotation Task.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Mental rotation-related neural interactions between gender and cognitive strategy.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- [Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on event-related potentials of mental rotation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2023Article
- Eye movement characteristics in a mental rotation task presented in virtual reality.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Sex Differences in Cognition Across Aging.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2023Review
- Does mental rotation emulate motor processes? An electrophysiological study of objects and body parts.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Link Between Masculinity and Spatial Skills Is Moderated by the Estrogenic and Progestational Activity of Oral Contraceptives.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Mental rotation of 3D objects demonstrates one of the largest sex differences. We investigated sex and sex hormones-related differences in behaviour and event related potentials (ERP) using a modified Shepard and Metzler task composed of sequentially presented 3D figures in 29 men and 32 women. We demonstrated a significant increase in response time and decrease in both accuracy and positivity of the parietal ERP with increasing angular disparity between the figures. Higher angular disparity evoked an increase of global field power (GFP) from 270 to 460 ms and different activation topographies from 470 to 583 ms with lower parietal, but higher left frontal positivity. Flatter slopes in higher angular disparity condition suggest distinct strategies being implemented depending on the difficulty of the rotation. Men performed the task more accurately than women. Performance accuracy in women tended to be negatively related to estradiol while the response time tended to increase with increasing progesterone. There were no associations with testosterone. Women demonstrated higher GFP and an increased positivity over the parietal scalp area, while men showed higher activation in the left frontal cortex. Together these findings indicate dynamic angular disparity- and sex-related differences in brain activity during mental rotation of 3D figures.
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