@article { author = {Hossein Pour Najjar, Ali and Froozandeh, Elham and Tabatabayi, Amineh Sadat and Soleimanpour, Ehsan}, title = {Spatial Memory and Symptoms of Neuroticism: Gender Differences in a Spatial Task}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory}, volume = {2}, number = {6}, pages = {49-57}, year = {2019}, publisher = {Iranian Educational Psychology Association}, issn = {2645-5447}, eissn = {2645-5455}, doi = {10.22034/iepa.2019.185013.1105}, abstract = {This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between spatial memory and Symptoms of Neuroticism in men and women visitors of a flower garden. The participants were chosen by an available sampling method among people who visited flower garden, located in Isfahan, Iran in October 2016. Subjects (woman=36, man=24) were asked to specify approximate locations of eight sites in the flower Garden on the incomplete map of flower garden after visiting the garden. Then, the subjects filled a demographic questionnaire and a short form of Eysenck introversion-extraversion questionnaire. The results showed that the means of spatial memory in men are significantly more than those of women (F= 11.46, p <0.05) and also, neuroticism in men is significantly less than that in women (F=7.22, p <0.05). Furthermore, positive relationship between age and spatial memory (r= 0.41, p <0.01) and negative relationship between neuroticism and spatial memory have been discovered (r= -0.59, p <0.01). According to the results, it can be concluded that neuroticism avoids paying attention to the environment and it causes memory function slump.}, keywords = {Environmental Psychology,gender differences,neuroticism,Spatial Memory}, url = {https://journal.iepa.ir/article_93238.html}, eprint = {https://journal.iepa.ir/article_93238_5ee180ab377da72ab23ce825b9bc6ac8.pdf} }