RW05
I was very careful with the words in my post.
Having a MSc in a closely related area, I am well aware that research suggests that many men are more spatially aware than women and that many women have a better ability to balance the rational and irrational sides of the brain (in Jungian terms.)
However, as you prove, this is not definitive and therefore I still believe that it is best to try both methods and then choose the most appropriate.
BTW, in scientific research a theory is never proven; it just stays on a temporal and provisional basis until disproven!