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That's a really strong claim.
by lilactown 8y ago
That's a really strong claim.
- devmunchies 8y agoIts might be a strong claim in the bay or the PNW, but that different sexes statistically have some different preferences is a pretty tame notion.
- blotter_paper 8y agoThe "symptom" claim is one thing, the "not an effect" claim seems absurd. Your statement is not the same as GGP's.
- wang_li 8y agoI should have said cause rather than effect. Men are not good at spatial reasoning because they play video games, but rather they play video games because they are good at spacial reasoning. Of course I mean the types of video games for which spacial reasoning improves play.
- blotter_paper 8y agoI'm saying it's probably both a cause and an effect. Do you think that engaging in spacial reasoning tasks doesn't make you better at spacial reasoning? If it does make you better then playing video games is also a cause for spacial reasoning abilities (though not the only cause).
- wang_li 8y agoYou can look at the ASVAB test used by the military since 1968. One of the categories of the first iteration of the test was space perception. Studies of ASVAB results between men and women have found that men score higher on the composite technical aptitude score even at lower general intelligence than women. The reality is that men have been observed to have, for whatever reason, higher proficiency at spatial reasoning than women long before video games were a thing. To say that 3d video games played by boys and men has led to boys and men being better at spatial reasoning is fallacious when it's known that this existed before video games were broadly available. It also is logical to see that video games that play into the strong suit of men and boys is going to attract more men and boys.