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Freedman, Rita Jackaway; And Others – 1979
The extent to which sex differences on a mental rotation test were related to ocular dominance, handedness, and familial handedness was explored. The Vandenberg revision of the Shepard-Metzlar mental rotation test was administered to 206 college students. The test consisted of 20 criterion figures, each followed by two correct and two incorrect…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Lateral Dominance, Perception Tests
Aust, Ronald – 1988
This exploratory study investigated whether there are differences between males and females in the strategies used to construct mental representations from three-dimensional objects in a dimensional travel display. A Silicon Graphics IRIS computer was used to create the travel displays and mathematical models were created for each of the objects…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Higher Education
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Ellis, Mark C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Investigates the effects of field dependence-independence, gender, previous musical experience, and general music ability on music listening. College students recorded their observations about music excerpts. Weeks later they used these observations to identify the excerpts. Multiple regression analyses examined the contributions of subject…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students
Rebecca, Meda; And Others – 1974
The relation between field independence-dependence and creativity was investigated in 40 fourth graders equally divided by sex. The measures used were the Children's Embedded Figures Test, several verbal and figural subtests from the Torrance Tests of Creativity, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. No significant Pearson correlations were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Lawson, Thomas W. – CORE, 1977
Performance of 162 children, ages five to seven, on concept formation and perception tests indicated that enforced delay in responding minimally affected all reflective subjects and impulsive boys; impulsive girls improved. (Available in microfiche from: Carfax Publishing Company, Haddon House, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxford 0X9 8JZ, England.) (CP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests