PSYC31H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Recognition Memory, Frontal Lobe
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8 neurobehavioral variables and diagnostic issues (part 2. ) Laterality studies: men show a greater left visual field/right hemisphere bias in processing emotional expression than do women, greater lateralization of function in males was found in auditory, visual, tactile, and dual-task studies. Test data: studies using the wechsler intelligence scales reported that men perform better on two academically influenced tests, arithmetic and information, while women tend to achieve higher scores on symbol. Perceptual speed & accuracy: on tests of psychomotor speed and accuracy using visual stimuli, women tend to outperform men, but this is not always the case this advantage appeared to be pronounced for children"s scores on the. Symbol digit modalities test: on these kinds of tests the differences for adults, as measured by speed, are still present to some degree but not large enough to warrant separate test norms.
