Abstract

To test the hunter-gatherer theory of cognitive gender differences, men and women each played four video games on a Wii console: two games simulating skills necessary for hunting (navigation and shooting) and two games simulating skills necessary for gathering (fine motor and visual search). Men outperformed women on the two hunting games, whereas there were no gender differences on the gathering skill games. The findings are discussed in terms of evolutionary psychology theory.

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