心理旋转中的性别差异

Sex Differences in Mental Rotation

性别差异是认知心理学中一个重要的研究领域。男性在执行空间认知任务时的表现往往好于女性，在心理旋转任务中，这种现象更为普遍。近年来，人们在行为和脑成像等层面对心理旋转中的性别差异进行了大量的研究，该文通过对其中一部分研究的回顾描述了心理旋转的性别差异在行为及脑成像实验中的表现，总结了可能导致这种性别差异的生理及策略等因素。

Sex difference is one of important aspects in studies of cognitive psychology. Men usually perform better than women in spatial cognitive tasks especially in mental rotation tasks. Recently， lots of behavioral and neuroimaging studies involving sex differences in mental rotation were executed. By summarizing some of those studies， exhibitions of sex differences during mental rotation and possible causes for it including biological factors and strategic factors were reviewed.