Comparing spatial ability of male and female students completing humanities vs. technical degrees
- Maslennikova, Ekaterina P.
- Budakova, Anna V.
- Sharafieva, Kseniya R.
- Ismatullina, Viсtoria I.
- Feklicheva, Inna V.
- Chipeeva, Nadezhda A.
- Soldatova, Elena L.
- Borodaeva, Zhanna E.
- Rimfeld, Kaili
- Esipenko, Elena A.
- Shakeshaft, Nicholas G.
- Malanchini, Margherita
- Malykh, Sergey B.
DOIAbstract
Background. Spatial ability (SA) has long been the focus of research in psychology, because it is associated with performance in science, technologies, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Research has shown that males consistently outperform females in most aspects of SA, which may partially explain the observed overrepresentation of male students seeking STEM degrees
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