Looking behind the score: Skill structure explains sex differences in skilled video game performance.

ABSTRACT: Some have explained large sex differences in visuospatial abilities by genetic adaptations to different roles in primitive hunter-gatherer societies and the interaction of innate biological differences and environmental factors. We explored the extent to which variations in behavior and acquired skills can provide alternative accounts for sex differences in the performance of a complex spatially-demanding video game (Space Fortress). Men and women with limited video game experience were given 30 hours of training, and latent curve analyses examined the development of their ship control performance and behavior. Men had significantly better control performance than women before and after training, but differences diminished substantially over the training period. An analysis of participants

SUBMITTER: Harwell KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976164 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature