The Magnified Molehill and the Misplaced Focus: Sex-Related Differences in Spatial Ability Revisited

Refutes criticisms by J. Eliot, M. Hiscock, S. A. Burnett, D. F. Halpern, and B. Sanders et al (see PA, Vol 74:305, 310, 301, 309, and 324, respectively) of the present authors' (see record 1986-10956-001) findings that (a) no-difference results in studies of sex-related spatial ability are underreported and what differences are found are often exaggerated and (b) spatial abilities is an inadequate construct, rendering premature and even inappropriate the question of whether sex differences in this area exist. (16 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)