Gender and Menstrual Cycle Effects in Human Spatial Cognition

This hypothesis was supported by evidence from these experiments that, while each gender performs equally well in a fully furnished virtual reality environment, only the performance of women is adversely affected when furnishings are removed. Hormone replacement therapy in elderly women and menstrual phase in younger women also affect landmark dependence in navigation. When describing a learned virtual reality environment, women report a higher percentage of responses concerning landmark objects, while men produce a higher percentage of responses pertaining to directions and turns. In addition, verbal working memory and perceptual speed fluctuate over the menstrual cycle or with hormone replacement in the elderly, in a manner that may account for women's fluctuating reliance upon a route- or landmark-based strategy.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Harrison, Catherine Ramzy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kramer, Arthur F.

• Psychology, Psychobiology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971089

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82306