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The mental rotation task performance of Turner syndrome subjects

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Thirty-one female subjects with Turner syndrome (TS) and 31 normal females matched for age and verbal IQ were given a spatial task requiring the mental rotation of geometric figures. The results revealed a poorer performance by the TS group for most items involving rotations. The relationship between reaction time and angular distance on the rotation task was linear for both groups, with the TS group being significantly slower in the slope component of the relationship. The findings are discussed in terms of the mechanisms underlying the spatial deficiencies of TS subjects.

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    Joanne Rovet & C. Netley

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This work was supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation. We wish to thank Shirley Silber for her assistance in testing, Drs. J. D. Bailey, C. Cowell, R. Ehrlich, and N. Howard and their staff for their cooperation in ascertaining patients, and Li Libios for typing the manuscript.

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Rovet, J., Netley, C. The mental rotation task performance of Turner syndrome subjects. Behav Genet 10, 437–443 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01073648

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