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. 2019 Jul 9;13:675. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00675

TABLE 3.

Pearson correlations between gender role, sex hormones, and spatial abilities for men and women.

Gender role
Sex hormones
MRT Acc. MRT RT VNT RT
Masc. Fem. M/F T E P E/T E/P T/P
Masculinity (Masc) –0.62∗∗∗ 0.90∗∗∗ 0.17 0.10 –0.09 –0.01 0.23 0.14 0.16 –0.16 –0.04
Femininity (Fem) –0.59∗∗ –0.85∗∗∗ 0.03 –0.14 0.11 –0.09 –0.30 –0.23 –0.02 0.12 –0.01
Masc/Fem (M/F) 0.85∗∗∗ –0.90∗∗∗ 0.10 0.15 –0.07 0.05 0.27 0.17 0.14 –0.16 –0.05
Testosterone (T) –0.29 0.09 –0.21 0.38* 0.48∗∗∗ −0.37* –0.26 –0.01 < 0.01 –0.03 –0.24
Estradiol (E) –0.12 0.06 –0.13 0.63∗∗∗ 0.53∗∗∗ 0.66∗∗∗ 0.19 −0.37* –0.24 0.13 –0.02
Progesterone (P) –0.01 –0.20 0.13 0.48∗∗∗ 0.51∗∗ 0.16 –0.63∗∗∗ –0.74 –0.20 –0.10 –0.28
E/T 0.13 –0.01 0.04 –0.01 0.74∗∗∗ 0.37* 0.38* −0.38* –0.18 0.06 0.10
E/P 0.03 0.17 –0.06 –0.05 0.27 –0.49∗∗∗ 0.25 0.63∗∗∗ –0.07 0.07 0.23
T/P 0.03 0.08 0.02 –0.19 –0.44 –0.72∗∗∗ –0.53∗∗∗ 0.59∗∗∗ 0.10 –0.07 0.03
MRT Accuracy –0.04 0.23 –0.19 0.03 –0.07 –0.03 –0.13 0.06 0.07 0.10 –0.09
MRT RT –0.16 –0.03 0.05 0.46∗∗ 0.29 0.35* 0.07 –0.15 –0.23 –0.26 0.31
VNT RT 0.27 –0.26 0.30 < 0.01 –0.13 0.04 –0.05 –0.25 –0.10 –0.11 0.32*

Pearson correlations for men are displayed below the diagonal in light gray. Pearson correlations for men are displayed above the diagonal in white. MRT, mental rotation task; VNT, virtual navigation task; RT, reaction time. *p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, and ∗∗∗p < 0.001.