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Subject:
Hand-Eye Coordination
Category: Science > Biology Asked by: yuoen-ga List Price: $3.00 |
Posted:
03 Feb 2006 19:01 PST
Expires: 05 Mar 2006 19:01 PST Question ID: 441174 |
DO BOYS OR GIRLS HAVE FASTER HAND-EYE COORDINATION? |
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Re: Hand-Eye Coordination
From: hardtofindbooks-ga on 03 Feb 2006 19:58 PST |
It depends. Some studies suggest differences between fine and gross motor skills. e.g. from http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kruger/ep10.html "Men excel at certain types of mathematical problems, are generally better at reading maps, solving mazes, and completing other visual-spatial-quantitative tasks such as mental rotations and space relations (Silverman & Eals, 1992). These skills would be useful in navigating about the landscape. On average, men are better at gross motor skills requiring speed and force, from running and jumping to throwing objects (Fisher, 1992). Women on the other hand, average better "fine" motor coordination, manipulating tiny objects with ease (Fisher, 1992). They are also usually superior at spatial locations and object memory tasks, valuable while searching the underbrush for resources (Silverman & Eals, 1992). Although there is more variation within the sexes than between the sexes in tests of verbal abilities, on average girls; speak sooner, more fluently, with greater grammatical accuracy, and with more words per utterance than boys (Fisher, 1992). references from the quote can be found at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kruger/evref.html The cause(s) of any reported differences is a very different question. |
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Re: Hand-Eye Coordination
From: myoarin-ga on 06 Feb 2006 16:25 PST |
Girls seem to enjoy purely coordination games: Jacks, rope skipping, hopscotch; whereas boys' games of coordination are more directly competitive: marbles, etc. (for lack of immediate examples). The girls compete, too, of course, but on points, not on direct elimination. Do the girls' games suggest a greater aptitude and hence interest, or a need to improve weak native skills through training? Embroidery is a fine motor skill ascribed to girls in the Western World, but in the Orient it is (has been) a male skill along with that of weaving Cashmire shawls, and jewelry and watch making making in both cultural areas. None of this contradicts the previous comment. I think it is more a question of nurture than nature. |
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