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.