By Sarah D. Sparks — October 21, 2016 2 min read Asking students to take another person’s perspective can close girls’ performance gaps with boys on spatial ability .

Journal Reference: M. R. Tarampi, N. Heydari, M. Hegarty. A Tale of Two Types of Perspective Taking: Sex Differences in Spatial Ability. Psychological Science, 2016; DOI: 10.1177/0956797616667459 ...

Patricia P. Gilmartin, Jeffrey C. Patton, Comparing the Sexes on Spatial Abilities: Map-Use Skills, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 74, No. 4 ...

The Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) provides a unique spatial perspective that seeks to explain patterns of differences and commonality across the human and natural environment.