TY - JOUR ID - 93238 TI - Spatial Memory and Symptoms of Neuroticism: Gender Differences in a Spatial Task JO - Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory JA - IEPA LA - en SN - 2645-5447 AU - Hossein Pour Najjar, Ali AU - Froozandeh, Elham AU - Tabatabayi, Amineh Sadat AU - Soleimanpour, Ehsan AD - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran AD - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Naein Branch, Naein, Iran AD - Department of Islamic Architecture, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 2 IS - 6 SP - 49 EP - 57 KW - Environmental Psychology KW - gender differences KW - neuroticism KW - Spatial Memory DO - 10.22034/iepa.2019.185013.1105 N2 - 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. UR - https://journal.iepa.ir/article_93238.html L1 - https://journal.iepa.ir/article_93238_5ee180ab377da72ab23ce825b9bc6ac8.pdf ER -