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Gender differences in the development of semantic and spatial processing of numbers
Author(s) -
Zhang Tingyan,
Chen Chuansheng,
Chen Chen,
Wei Wei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/bjdp.12329
Subject(s) - psychology , semantic memory , cognition , spatial ability , cognitive psychology , semantics (computer science) , task (project management) , developmental psychology , computer science , management , neuroscience , economics , programming language
This study recruited kindergarteners and first graders to investigate gender and grade differences in semantic and spatial processing of number magnitude. Results based on the Bayesian statistics showed that (1) there was extreme evidence in favour of grade differences in both semantic processing and spatial processing; (2) there were no gender differences in semantic processing; and (3) boys developed earlier than girls in spatial processing of numbers, especially for the more difficult task. These results are discussed in terms of gender differences in cognitive mechanisms underlying semantic and spatial processing of number magnitude.