Esports Lab Shows No Difference Between the Sexes in Spatial Cognition

Men are not better than women at spatial cognition - such as map reading - is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, hosted at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. Employing cutting-edge eye-tracking technology researchers Dr Mark Campbell and Dr Adam Toth of the Lero Esports Science Research Lab at UL found that there is no male advantage in mental rotation abilities associated with spatial cognition competences. Dr Campbell said the skill of spatial cognition or our ability to navigate our environment has been the battleground for almost 40 years for researchers claiming that males have a distinct performance advantage on tests of spatial cognition, notably the mental rotations test. Studying the cognitive proficiency of individuals and gamers is a key aim of the Lero Esports Science Research Lab which opened in 2019 and is the first of its kind in Ireland. "Better performance on these tests is strongly associated with higher IQ and better performance in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) subjects in schools and colleges," Dr Campbell explained. https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/esports-lab-shows-no-difference-between-the-sexes-in-spatial-cognition-329906?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking Science News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=82525317&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9OPqJgGPum0Tv1l_7hyYWhWwcapyQ9VHVWd2pqXuIq2FMPCvMTK8SvuC3EPePkyLG_3IR6rOlL3cwfTleQmM5BmZoyA&_hsmi=82525317