The cognitive strategies used by 31 college students, 15 men and 16 women, while solving the Rod and Frame Test in a dark room were evaluated. These strategies were analyzed in terms of the subjects' performance on the task. Those who scored lower and who were better performers on the task, used significantly more “internal” strategies than those subjects with higher scores (worse performers) who in turn employed a great number of “external” strategies in solving the task.
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