Which statement is TRUE regarding gender differences in learning and memory?
A) Young adult women outperform young adult men in learning the way around a maze.
B) Most gender differences emerge before adolescence.
C) At all ages males are quicker to learn a route on a fictitious map.
D) Females are better than males at remembering the positions of landmarks on a map, but this advantage does not emerge until puberty.

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Females generally have a better memory for the positions of landmarks, which is a spatial memory task. This advantage, however, is noted to become more pronounced or emerge around puberty, aligning with developmental changes during that period.

Which Statement Is TRUE Regarding Gender Differences in Learning and Memory