spatial memory and symptoms of neuroticism: gender differences in a spatial task

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.