女性的空间意识及方向感往往比男性差。美国《激素与行为》杂志刊登的一项新研究发现,口服避孕药可增强女性空间意识,改善方向感。新研究中,美国宾夕法尼亚州大学研究人员对近400名男女参试者展开了研究。参试者接受了两项心理测试,一项为空间意识测试,了解参试者三维观察能力,另一项为口头表达能力测试,涉及用给定单词和短语造句。一些女 Women’s sense of space and orientation are often worse than men’s. A new study published in the United States “Hormone and Behavior” magazine found that oral contraceptives can enhance women’s spatial awareness and improve the sense of direction. In the new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a study of nearly 400 male and female participants. Participants received two psychological tests, one for spatial awareness testing, one for participants’ ability to observe in 3D, and one for verbal ability tests, which involved making sentences with given words and phrases. Some women