This study investigates the impact of playing action video games on gender differences in spatial cognition. The research reveals that playing action video games can significantly reduce gender differences in spatial attention and mental rotation ability. After just 10 hours of training with an action video game, participants showed substantial improvements in both spatial attention and mental rotation, with women benefiting more than men. In contrast, participants who played a non-action game showed no improvement. The study found that there are gender differences in spatial attention and mental rotation ability. However, these differences can be reduced or eliminated through training with action video games. The results suggest that action video games enhance spatial attention and mental rotation abilities, which are important for success in mathematics and engineering sciences. The study involved two experiments. In the first experiment, participants were tested on spatial attention using the useful-field-of-view (UFOV) task. The results showed that males performed better than females in spatial attention, but this difference was reduced after training with an action video game. In the second experiment, participants were trained for 10 hours with either an action video game or a non-action game. The results showed that participants who trained with an action video game improved their spatial attention and mental rotation abilities, with females benefiting more than males. The study suggests that action video games can help reduce gender differences in spatial cognition. This has practical implications for attracting men and women to fields such as mathematics and engineering. The findings indicate that training with action video games can enhance spatial attention and mental rotation abilities, which are important for success in these fields. The study also highlights the importance of spatial attention in higher-level spatial cognition and suggests that training with action video games can improve these abilities.This study investigates the impact of playing action video games on gender differences in spatial cognition. The research reveals that playing action video games can significantly reduce gender differences in spatial attention and mental rotation ability. After just 10 hours of training with an action video game, participants showed substantial improvements in both spatial attention and mental rotation, with women benefiting more than men. In contrast, participants who played a non-action game showed no improvement. The study found that there are gender differences in spatial attention and mental rotation ability. However, these differences can be reduced or eliminated through training with action video games. The results suggest that action video games enhance spatial attention and mental rotation abilities, which are important for success in mathematics and engineering sciences. The study involved two experiments. In the first experiment, participants were tested on spatial attention using the useful-field-of-view (UFOV) task. The results showed that males performed better than females in spatial attention, but this difference was reduced after training with an action video game. In the second experiment, participants were trained for 10 hours with either an action video game or a non-action game. The results showed that participants who trained with an action video game improved their spatial attention and mental rotation abilities, with females benefiting more than males. The study suggests that action video games can help reduce gender differences in spatial cognition. This has practical implications for attracting men and women to fields such as mathematics and engineering. The findings indicate that training with action video games can enhance spatial attention and mental rotation abilities, which are important for success in these fields. The study also highlights the importance of spatial attention in higher-level spatial cognition and suggests that training with action video games can improve these abilities.